The Runaway Carriage

1830s

Eugène Delacroix

Artist, French, 1798 - 1863

Circle of Eugène Delacroix

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink on heavy laid paper on an old mount

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.1 × 50.2 cm (11 7/16 × 19 3/4 in.)
    mount: 43.5 × 60.9 cm (17 1/8 × 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.72.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christian Humann, New York (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 5 June 1982, no. 154). (sale, Christie's, 31 January 2013, no. 162); purchased (via Stephen Ongpin, London), 2013 by NGA

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand on mount in graphite: French 18th c; by later hand, on verso in graphite: A monter(?) du crême Paris [not deciphered] / [not deciphered] / 44-647

Wikidata ID

Q64540039

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