A Turk

1815/1817

Jules-Robert Auguste

Artist, French, 1789 - 1850

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pastel on wove paper, mounted on board

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.5 x 14.7 cm (8 7/8 x 5 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1999.111.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eugène Delacroix, Paris (1798 - 1863); Paul Huet, Paris (1804 - 1869); by descent to Maurice Perret-Carnot, Neuilly-sur-Seine; (Pierre Miquel, Paris, 1966); Frank Anderson Trapp [1922-2005], Amherst, MA, 1966; gift to NGA, 1999.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1988

  • Delacroix and the Romantic Image: Oriental Themes, Wild Beasts, and the Hunt, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA, 1988, no cat. no.

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper right verso in blue ink: -191-; by later hand, across lower center verso: Mr. Auguste / Provient de la succession Delacroix / et du leg. Paul Huet / offert à Mr. Miguel par M / Perrel - Carnot

Wikidata ID

Q64591636

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