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Source Description
This scene is based on an incident recounted in three Gospels of the New Testament: a furious storm breaks out while Jesus and his disciples sail across the Sea of Galilee to spread Christ's message. To the disciples' amazement, Jesus calms the wind and the storm, dramatizing the power of Christian belief.Delacroix produced multiple variations on this theme in 1853 and 1854, when this particular biblical subject became popular with French Catholics during the reign of Louis-Napoléon (r. 1852-70).
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Document identity
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40613
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Christ on the Sea of Galilee
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40613
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drawing
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title
Christ on the Sea of Galilee
description
This scene is based on an incident recounted in three Gospels of the New Testament: a furious storm breaks out while Jesus and his disciples sail across the Sea of Galilee to spread Christ's message. To the disciples' amazement, Jesus calms the wind and the storm, dramatizing the power of Christian belief.Delacroix produced multiple variations on this theme in 1853 and 1854, when this particular biblical subject became popular with French Catholics during the reign of Louis-Napoléon (r. 1852-70).
provenance
Sale (by the artist); Beugniet (date and mode of acquisition unknown); Tabourier (date and mode of acquisition unknown); Troyon (date and mode of acquisition unknown); Viot Sale, Paris, May 25, 1886, no. 2; Levesque (date and mode of acquisition unknown); purchased by William T. Walters (through George A. Lucas as agent), Baltimore, November 25, 1886 [1]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] The Diary of George A. Lucas, p. 640.
date
1854
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CC0
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en
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Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
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import
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cm
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59.8
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73.3
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H: 23 9/16 x W: 28 7/8 in. (59.8 x 73.3 cm); Framed H with build-up: 35 3/4 x W: 40 11/16 x D: 5 3/4 in. (90.81 x 103.35 x 14.61 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower right: Eug. Delacroix; [Date] Lower right: 54
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oil on canvas
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