Recent acquisitions
Each year the Eugène Delacroix museum expands its collections thanks to the support of the Friends of the Museum. It chooses works by the artist as well as those of his circle.
2012
Eugène DELACROIX
Charenton-Saint-Maurice, 1798 – Paris, 1863
Alfred
Autograph manuscript
25 folios in 12°
H. 17.8 cm; W. 11.5 cm
1815-1817
Half morocco bound, Semet & Plumelle
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Guénant, 2012 (MD 2012-6 )
2012
Newton Fielding
London, 1799 – Paris, 1856
Skiff and Ducks on the Waterfront
Varnished watercolor, pen and black ink
Gift of Mrs. Françoise Heilbrun, 2012 (MD 2012-5)
2012
Antoine-Marie Chamans, Comte de Lavalette
Paris, 1769-Paris, 1830
Portrait of Joséphine de Forget, née Lavalette
1822
Lithograph
Gift of Mr. Yvon Bionnier, 2012 (MD 2012-4)
2012
Aurore Dupin alias George Sand
Paris, 1804 – Nohant, 1876
Autograph letter to Eugène Delacroix, signed and dated October 11, 1846
6 pages in-8°
Gift of the Société des Amis du Musée Delacroix (MD 2012-3)
2012
Hippolyte-Charles Gaultron
Saint-Denis, c. 1805 – 1878
Portrait of Delacroix, after the Self-Portrait painted by Eugène Delacroix held by the Uffizi Gallery in Florence
Oil on canvas
Gift of the Société des Amis du Musée Eugène Delacroix (MD 2012-2)
2012
Eugène Delacroix
Charenton-Saint-Maurice, 1798 – Paris, 1863
Study of Babouche Slippers
Pastel
1833-1834
Purchased, 2012 (MD 2012-1)
2011
Auguste Préault (after)
Paris, 1809 – Paris, 1879
Portrait of a Namesake of Eugène Delacroix
Bronze
1836
Gift of the Société des Amis du Musée Eugène Delacroix (MD. 2011-7)
2011
Anonymous
Caricature of Mademoiselle George
Lithograph
H. 26.2 cm; W. 21.4 cm
Gift of the Paul Prouté Gallery (MD 2011-6)
2011
Gillot Saint-Evre
Boult-sur-Suippe (Marne), 1791 - Paris, 1858
Louis XI and Isabelle de Croye, scene from Quentin Durward
Lithograph
Purchased (MD 2011-5)
2011
Newton Fielding
London, 1799 – Paris, 1856
Birds by a Pond
Varnished watercolor, pen and black ink
Gift of the Société des Amis du Musée Eugène Delacroix (MD 2011-4)
2011
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Fuendetodos, 1746 – Bordeaux, 1828
“Quien mas rendido?”
Plate 27 of Caprices [Los Caprichos], 5th state
Etching and aquatint
Gift of the Société des Amis du Musée Eugène Delacroix (MD 2011-3)
