Studies of a Damned Man, for "The Barque of Dante"

Studies of a Damned Man, for "Dante et Virgile aux Enfers" (Musée du Louvre, Paris)

Signature: Signed and dated 1822.

Marking: Sale stamp of Delacroix in red ink on recto, bottom left: E.D. (Lugt 838)
Dealer's mark of Jacques Seligmann on recto in black ink

The artist's estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 17-29, 1864, possibly part of lot 305; possibly Pierre-Jules Mêne (French), Paris (until d. 1879); Edgar Degas (French), Paris (1899?-d. 1917; his estate sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, November 15-16, 1918, lot 97b, to Daragnès); Jean-Gabriel Daragnès (French), Neuilly (d. 1950); [ Jacques Seligmann, New York, by 1960-61]; Vendor: Jacques Seligmann

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Classicism and Romanticism. French Drawings and Prints," September 15–November 1, 1970.

Paris. Cabinet des dessins, Musée du Louvre. "Dessins français du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York de David à Picasso," October 25, 1973–January 7, 1974.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Nineteenth Century French Drawings and Prints," June 23–August 23, 1981.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863): Paintings, Drawings, and Prints from North American Collections," April 10–June 16, 1991.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Private Collection of Edgar Degas," October 1, 1997–January 11, 1998.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Delacroix," September 17, 2018–January 6, 2019.

Johnson I, p. 77; Escholier I, repr. p. 66; Serullaz, 1963, no. 31; Serullaz, 1984, under nos. 31/32; MMA 1991.20

Julius Meier-Graefe Eugene Delacroix. Munich, 1922, p. 28, ill.

Raymond Escholier Delacroix: Peintre, Graveur, Ecrivain. vol. I, 1926, Drawing also mentioned on p. 286 as collection of Jean-Gabriel Daragnès, p. 66, ill.

Musées Nationaux , Palais du Louvre Exposition Eugene Delacroix. Paris, France, 1930, cat. no. 462, p. 226.

"Dessins inédits de Delacroix." La Revue des Arts. no. 52, 1952, fig. no. pl. 31, p. 20, ill.

Jacques Seligmann and Co., New York Master Drawings. Sale cat. New York, 1960, cat. no. 14.

"Ninety-first Annual Report of the Trustees for the Fiscal Year 1960-1961: Review of the Year." in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, n.s. vol. 20, no. 2, New York, October 1961, p. 46, ill.

Maurice Sérullaz Mémorial de l'exposition Eugène Delacroix organisées au Musée du Louvre à l'occasion de la mort de l'artiste. Paris, 1963, cat. no. 31, ill.

Linda Boyer Gillies, Colta Ives, Jacob Bean Classicism and Romanticism: French Drawings and Prints, 1800-1860. Ex. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1970, cat. no. 18, p. 4.

Jacques Fryszman "French Drawings from the Metropolitan Museum at the Louvre." The Burlington Magazine. 115, no. 849, December 1973, fig. no. fig. 1, pp. 835-837, ill.

Jacob Bean, Linda Boyer Gillies, Cynthia Lambros, Roseline Bacou, Réunion des Musées Nationaux Dessins français du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: de David à Picasso 54th Exposition de Cabinet des Dessins Musée du Louvre, 25 octobre 1973–7 janvier 1974. Paris, 1973, cat. no. 36.

Lee Johnson The Painting of Eugène Delacroix, A Critical Catalogue, 1816-1831. vol. 1, 1981, p. 77.

Maurice Sérullaz Delacroix. Paris, 1981, cat. no. 8, p. 200, ill.

Ann Dumas, Colta Ives, Susan Alyson Stein, Gary Tinterow The Private Collection of Edgar Degas. Ex. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1997, fig. no. 219, p. 161, ill.

Sébastien Allard, Côme Fabre Delacroix. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2018, cat. no. 6, pp. 9, 276, ill.