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Follower of Eugène Delacroix

Algerian Child, late 19th century

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 46.5 x 38.1 cm (18 5/16 x 15 in.)

framed: 62.9 x 55.6 x 6.4 cm (24 3/4 x 21 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection

Accession Number

1963.10.126

Artists / Makers

Anonymous Artist (painter)

Eugène Delacroix (related artist) French, 1798 - 1863

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Inscription

Falsely lower left: Eug Delacroix

Provenance

(Seth Morton Vose [1831-1910], Providence);[1] sold to Mrs. David P. Kimball [d. 1920], Boston; taken in trade 21 February 1905 by (Robert C. Vose, Boston);[2] (sale, American Art Association, New York, 4-5 April 1917, no. 103); purchased by (Otto Bernet).[3] Josef Stransky [1875-1936], New York;[4] sold to Mr. Meyer, New Jersey; repurchased by Josef Stransky, by whom sold 14 September 1928 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.

[1] Robert C. Vose, son of Seth Morton Vose, letter, dated 6 December 1903, in NGA curatorial files.

[2] Photocopies of ledgers from the Vose Galleries, in NGA curatorial files.

[3] Knoedler library annotated copy of the American Art Association sale catalogue, and press reports.

[4] Chester Dale papers in the NGA curatorial files indicate that Stransky purchased the painting at the American Art Association sale, sold it to Mr. Meyer, repurchased it, and sold it to Dale. Stransky was "associated" with the art firm of Wildenstein & Co., in New York, but according to Ay-Whang Hsia, Vice President of Wildenstein's, the firm never owned this painting and Stransky must have been acting on his own.

Associated Names

American Art Association
Bernet, Otto
Dale, Chester
Kimball, David P., Mrs.
Meyer, Mr.
Stransky, Josef
Vose Galleries
Vose, Seth Morton

Exhibition History

1928: 100 Years of French Portraits from the Chester Dale Collection, Museum of French Art, New York, 1928, no. 3

1930: Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors and Prints by Eugène Delacroix, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1930, no. 9, repro.

1939: The Romantic Revolt. Gros, Gericault, Delacroix, Daumier, Guys Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, 1939, no. 24

1965: The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1929: Art News (27 April 1929): 47, repro.

1929: Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929: no. 4, repro., as by Eugène Delacroix.

1930: Art Digest (15 March 1930): 11.

1930: Art News (29 March 1930): 31.

1930: Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 24, no. 4 (April 1930): 47.

1942: French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 24, repro., as by Delacroix.

1944: French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1944: 24, repro., as by Delacroix.

1953: French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 26, repro., as by Delacroix.

1965: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 32, repro., as by Delacroix.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 40, as by Delacroix.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 33, repro., as by Delacroix.

1972: Bortolatto, Luigina Rossi. L'Opera pittorica completa di Delacroix. Milan, 1972: no. 242 (French editions 1975, 1984: no. 242).

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 102, repro.

1984: Georgel, Pierre. Tout l'oeuvre peint de Delacroix. Paris, 1984: 100, no. 242, repro. as by Delacroix.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 124, repro.

2000: Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 233-235, repro.