Weislingen Attacked by the Forces of Goetz (Weislingen attaqué par les gens de Goetz)

1836

Eugène Delacroix

Associated Names
Eugène Delacroix

Artist, French, 1798 - 1863

This drawing shows an intense battle scene with riders on horseback. Two figures are engaged in combat, one on foot and the other mounted on a horse. The mounted figure is adorned in lavish attire and poised on a rearing horse. The artist uses dark, swirling strokes to convey movement, with fine lines detailing the figures' expressions and clothing. The background complements the central action of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on chine collé on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image (chine): 31.7 × 27.1 cm (12 1/2 × 10 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 52.1 × 36 cm (20 1/2 × 14 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.279

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 120, State iii/iv

  • Series Title

    Goethe's "Goetz de Berlichingen": Act I, Scene III

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1950

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, circulated by the American Federation of Arts to 11 venues (California Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Museum of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Grand Rapids Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI; The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY; Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA; Museum of Art at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO; Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, FL; Watkins Institute, Nashville, TN; and Memphis Academy of Art, Memphis, TN), 1950-1952, no cat.

1988

  • Drawings on Stone: Early European Lithography, NGA, 1988.

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Inscriptions

recto: in stone, at lower center: Imp. Bertauts, Paris; at upper left in graphite in later hand: 21; at bottom left in graphite in later hand: D. 120 III; at bottom right in graphite in later hand: FR 212 / B. 13.915 tres rare; verso: at lower center in graphite in later hand: S [circled] G; at lower right in graphite in later hand: HOX

Markings

recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65072129

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