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Source Description
Sharply silhouetted against the darkened sky is the dying Christ. A couple of gesturing spectators appear at the left, and on the right are two mounted Roman soldiers with billowing banners. Other onlookers are visible in the mid-ground. Although not a practicing Christian, Delacroix painted a number of New Testament subjects. Evidently, he was attracted to the drama of Christ's Passion and was endeavoring to deal with issues of personal faith raised by Christ's human and divine nature. When this work was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1847, the critics enthusiastically praised it, noting its affinities with Crucifixion scenes by the great Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
16288
label
Christ on the Cross
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obj
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drawing
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Source metadata
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16288
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drawing
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title
Christ on the Cross
description
Sharply silhouetted against the darkened sky is the dying Christ. A couple of gesturing spectators appear at the left, and on the right are two mounted Roman soldiers with billowing banners. Other onlookers are visible in the mid-ground. Although not a practicing Christian, Delacroix painted a number of New Testament subjects. Evidently, he was attracted to the drama of Christ's Passion and was endeavoring to deal with issues of personal faith raised by Christ's human and divine nature. When this work was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1847, the critics enthusiastically praised it, noting its affinities with Crucifixion scenes by the great Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens.
provenance
van Isaker, Antwerp, March 16, 1847 (?), by purchase [sold by the artist together with an Odalisque]; van Cuyck Collection (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Bonnet Collection Sale, Paris, February 19, 1853, no. 10; Collections of Bréville, Solar, Osiris, Gavet, Fanien [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Georges Petit (1856-1920) [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase [according to Robaut]; Collections Defoer Sale, Paris, May 22, 1886, no. 16; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1886, by purchase [Montaignac as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1846
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
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en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
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2
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import
dimensions
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cm
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80
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64.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 31 1/2 x W: 25 1/4 in. (80 x 64.2 cm); Framed H with build-up: 43 5/8 x W: 37 3/16 x D: 5 1/4 in. (110.81 x 94.46 x 13.34 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower right: Eug. Delacroix; [Date] Lower right: 1846
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oil on canvas
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