This dynamic study of a Venetian warrior (the Giaour) furiously racing after his beloved's killer, Hassan, was inspired by Byron's poem "The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale," first published in 1813. Fascinated by this romance of passion and violence, Delacroix repeatedly portrayed the fatal combat between the Muslim master of the harem girl Leila and her avenging lover.
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Medium:Pen and iron gall ink with wash over graphite
Dimensions:Overall: 7 15/16 x 12 in. (20.1 x 30.5 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, in honor of Jane Roberts, 2015
Accession Number:2015.713.2
Inscription: Notations in graphite on verso, right side, beginning couper/chars/abbatu...(illegible).
Marking: Stamped in red ink, lower right: Delacroix estate mark (Lugt 838a)
Lord Clark (British), CH, KCB; Sold by Sotheby's, London, June 6 1984, lot 23; purchased by Jane Roberts; Jane Roberts
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries. "Corot-Delacroix: An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, and Watercolors," May 1, 1986–June 30, 1986.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863): Paintings, Drawings, and Prints from North American Collections," April 10–June 16, 1991.
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New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Romanticism and the School of Nature: Nineteenth-Century Drawings and Paintings from the Karen B. Cohen Collection," October 17, 2000–January 21, 2001.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," October 4, 2005–January 9, 2006.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," October 8–December 8, 2014.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Devotion to Drawing: The Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix," July 17–November 12, 2018.
Robaut 1529; MMA 1991.22; MMA 2000.35; Serullaz p. 28.
Delacroix. Ex. cat. Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1964, cat. no. 88, ill.
Julius Meier-Graefe, Lane Faison Jr. Corot-Delacroix, an Exhibition: Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors.. Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York, 1986, cat. no. 74.
Margret Stuffmann Eugène Delacroix. Themen und Variationen. Arbeiten auf Papier. Ex. cat. Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, Frankfurt, 1987, cat. no. H7, p. 137.
Jacob Bean, Lee Johnson, William M. Griswold Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863): Paintings, Drawings, and Prints from North American Collections. Ex. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1991, cat. no. 22, pp. 88-89, ill.
Colta Ives, Elizabeth E. Barker Romanticism and the School of Nature : Nineteenth-Century Drawings and Paintings from the Karen B. Cohen Collection. Exh. cat.: October 17 - January 21, 2001. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Press, New York, 2000, cat. no. 35, pp. 74-75, ill.
Ashley Dunn, Colta Ives, Marjorie Shelley Delacroix Drawings: The Karen B. Cohen Collection. New York, 2018, cat. no. 26, pp. 65, 159, ill.
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