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Study of bathing women: 2031B

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Study of bathing women

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Delacroix, Eugène

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Notes

History note: From the collection of Eugène Delacroix (Lugt 838), his sale, 17-29 February 1864; Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon (L. II, 506a); on loan to the Museum from 1933 - 1937

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 252 mm
Width: 392 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Brown ink
Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Pen, brown ink and black chalk on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Les nus empresse d' oublier le maux de la vie, d' autre avec (ragard?, regret?) l' autre au regard (in the artist's hand)
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: D (in a different hand)
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 2031B
Primary reference Number: 6301
Lugt: 838
Lugt: 506a

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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