Studies for the decoration of the Library, Palais Bourbon, Paris: standing nude athlete; seated man with a lyre; centaur; and seven putti (three with wings) — Eugène Delacroix. Studies for the decoration of the Library, Palais Bourbon, Paris: standing nude athlete; seated man with a lyre; centaur; and seven putti (three with wings), 1798–1863. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Studies for the decoration of the Library, Palais Bourbon, Paris: standing nude athlete; seated man with a lyre; centaur; and seven putti (three with wings)

by Eugène Delacroix

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Artist: Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris)
Date: 1798–1863
Medium: Pen and brown ink, faint graphite indications (lyre of seated figure) on wove paper
Dimensions: 10-1/16 x 14-1/8 in. (25.6 x 35.9 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Alice F. Steiner, 1981
Accession no.: 1981.84

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