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Man and beast intertwine to form a single writhing body in this emotionally charged depiction of a lion attacking a horse and its rider. Through short, energetic brushstrokes and carefully manipulated contrasts of light and shadow, Eugène Delacroix imbued this imagined scene with action and drama. While many artists of the period explored the theme of man versus nature, depictions of Arab men entangled with wild animals served a specific propagandistic function, justifying the brutality of French colonial rule by depicting its subjects as violent and inhuman.
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| Medium | panel (wood) |
| Dimensions | 38 × 43 Cm |
| Tags | animalspropagandanaturecolonialismhorsehorseslionsmanmountainmountainsswordsviolenceCentury of Progressworld's fairsChicago World's Fairs |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
Timeline
Chain of custody, exhibitions, and verification milestones synced from the provenance service.
Tue
27
Jan
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Alfred Robaut, L’Œuvre complet de Eugène Delacroix
Alfred Robaut, L’Œuvre complet de Eugène Delacroix (Paris: Charavay Frères, 1885), p. 283, no. 1067 (ill.).
Tue
27
Jan
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Baron Michel de Trétaigne, by 1864 [lent by him to Paris 1864]
Baron Michel de Trétaigne, by 1864 [lent by him to Paris 1864]
Tue
27
Jan
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Amédée Cantaloube, Eugène Delacroix, l’homme et l’artiste, ses amis et ses critiques
Amédée Cantaloube, Eugène Delacroix, l’homme et l’artiste, ses amis et ses critiques (Paris: Dentu, 1864), p. 27.
Tue
27
Jan
note
“Art Notes,” The Critic: a Weekly Review of Literature and the Arts 17, 530
“Art Notes,” The Critic: a Weekly Review of Literature and the Arts 17, 530 (1892), p. 230.
Tue
27
Jan
exhibition
Paris, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Œuvres d’Eugène Delacroix, 1864, cat. 93.
Paris, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Œuvres d’Eugène Delacroix, 1864, cat. 93.
Tue
27
Jan
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buyer according to The Critic 1892]
buyer according to The Critic 1892]
Tue
27
Jan
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Adolphe Moreau, E. Delacroix et son œuvre
Adolphe Moreau, E. Delacroix et son œuvre (Paris: Librairie des bibliophiles, 1873), pp. 104 no. 55, 129 no. 57, 150 no. 46, 279.
Tue
27
Jan
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202-203, cat. 131
202-203, cat. 131 (ill), 208, 429.
Tue
27
Jan
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Théophile Silvestre, Histoire des artistes vivants français et étrangers: Etudes d’après nature
Théophile Silvestre, Histoire des artistes vivants français et étrangers: Etudes d’après nature (Paris: E. Blanchard, 1857), p. 82.
Tue
27
Jan
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by descent to their sons Honoré and Potter Palmer
by descent to their sons Honoré and Potter Palmer
Tue
27
Jan
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Jennifer R. Henneman, ed., Near East to Far West: Fictions of French and American Colonialism. exh. cat.
Jennifer R. Henneman, ed., Near East to Far West: Fictions of French and American Colonialism. exh. cat. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2023), 52 cat. 14, 272.
Tue
27
Jan
exhibition
Denver Art Museum, Near East to Far West: Fictions of French and American Colonialism, Mar. 5-May 28, 2023, cat. 14.
Denver Art Museum, Near East to Far West: Fictions of French and American Colonialism, Mar. 5-May 28, 2023, cat. 14.
Tue
27
Jan
exhibition
Paris, Louvre, Delacroix, Mar. 29-July 23, 2018; New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sep. 13, 2018-Jan. 6, 2019, cat. 131 (ill).
Paris, Louvre, Delacroix, Mar. 29-July 23, 2018; New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sep. 13, 2018-Jan. 6, 2019, cat. 131 (ill).
Tue
27
Jan
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Sébastien Allard and Côme Fabre, ed. Delacroix, exh. cat.
Sébastien Allard and Côme Fabre, ed. Delacroix, exh. cat. (Louvre/Hazan, 2018), pp.
Tue
27
Jan
exhibition
Carbondale, Southern Illinois University, A Festival of Fine Arts, February 26–March 10, 1956, cat. 4.
Carbondale, Southern Illinois University, A Festival of Fine Arts, February 26–March 10, 1956, cat. 4.
Tue
27
Jan
exhibition
American Federation of Arts, travelling exhibition June 1948–June 1949, no cat.
American Federation of Arts, travelling exhibition June 1948–June 1949, no cat.
Tue
27
Jan
exhibition
Saginaw Museum, Exhibition of Nineteenth Century French Painting, December 19, 1948–January 9, 1949, cat. 8.
Saginaw Museum, Exhibition of Nineteenth Century French Painting, December 19, 1948–January 9, 1949, cat. 8.
Tue
27
Jan
exhibition
New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co., Delacroix and Renoir, February 16–March 13, 1948, cat. 5.
New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co., Delacroix and Renoir, February 16–March 13, 1948, cat. 5.
Tue
27
Jan
exhibition
Decatur Art Center, Masterpieces of European and American Art, May 4–25, 1945, cat. 5.
Decatur Art Center, Masterpieces of European and American Art, May 4–25, 1945, cat. 5.
Tue
27
Jan
exhibition
Springfield Art Association, Illustration for Dante’s Divine Comedy, April 1945, no. cat.
Springfield Art Association, Illustration for Dante’s Divine Comedy, April 1945, no. cat.
Tue
27
Jan
exhibition
Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Nineteenth Century French Painting, January 18–February 20, 1944, cat. 1.
Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Nineteenth Century French Painting, January 18–February 20, 1944, cat. 1.
Tue
27
Jan
exhibition
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Eugène Delacroix 1798-1863: Loan Exhibition in Aid of the Quaker Emergency Service, October 18–November 18, 1944, cat. 27.
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Eugène Delacroix 1798-1863: Loan Exhibition in Aid of the Quaker Emergency Service, October 18–November 18, 1944, cat. 27.
Tue
27
Jan
exhibition
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Pendulum Swing from Classic To Romantic in French Painting, January 25–February 21, 1942, no cat. no.
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Pendulum Swing from Classic To Romantic in French Painting, January 25–February 21, 1942, no cat. no.
Tue
27
Jan
exhibition
Arts Club of Chicago, Origins of Modern Art, April 2–30, 1940, cat. 11.
Arts Club of Chicago, Origins of Modern Art, April 2–30, 1940, cat. 11.
Tue
27
Jan
note
Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, vol. 1
Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, vol. 1 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1940), under no. 684.
Tue
27
Jan
exhibition
Portland Museum of Art, Eugène Delacroix, January 15–February 14, 1940, no cat.
Portland Museum of Art, Eugène Delacroix, January 15–February 14, 1940, no cat.
Tue
27
Jan
exhibition
New York, M. Knoedler and Company, Gros – Géricault – Delacroix, November 21–December 10, 1938, cat. 49; traveled to Art Institute of Chicago, December 15, 1938–January 15, 1939.
New York, M. Knoedler and Company, Gros – Géricault – Delacroix, November 21–December 10, 1938, cat. 49; traveled to Art Institute of Chicago, December 15, 1938–January 15, 1939.
Tue
27
Jan
exhibition
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Museum of Art, The Horse: Its Significance in Art, April 20–May 21, 1938, cat. 12.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Museum of Art, The Horse: Its Significance in Art, April 20–May 21, 1938, cat. 12.
Tue
27
Jan
exhibition
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1934, cat. 186.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1934, cat. 186.
Tue
27
Jan
note
“The Rearrangement of the Painting Galleries,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 27, 7
“The Rearrangement of the Painting Galleries,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 27, 7 (1933), p. 115 (ill.).
Tue
27
Jan
exhibition
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1933, cat. 243.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1933, cat. 243.
Tue
27
Jan
note
Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1932), p. 150.
Tue
27
Jan
exhibition
Art Institute of Chicago, Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Prints by Eugène Delacroix 1798–1863, March 20–April 20, 1930, cat. 30.
Art Institute of Chicago, Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Prints by Eugène Delacroix 1798–1863, March 20–April 20, 1930, cat. 30.
Tue
27
Jan
note
Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1925), p. 133, no. 819.
Tue
27
Jan
note
given to the Art Institute, 1922.
given to the Art Institute, 1922.
Tue
27
Jan
note
his widow, Bertha Honoré Palmer (died 1918)
his widow, Bertha Honoré Palmer (died 1918)
Tue
27
Jan
note
Hippolyte Mireur, Dictionnaire des ventes d’art faites en France et à l’Etranger pendant les XVIIIme & XIXme siècles, vol. 2
Hippolyte Mireur, Dictionnaire des ventes d’art faites en France et à l’Etranger pendant les XVIIIme & XIXme siècles, vol. 2 (Paris: Maison d’Editions d’oeuvres artistiques, 1911), p. 422.
Wed
27
Jan
note
Art Institute of Chicago, Treasures of 19th– and 20th–Century Painting: The Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago, Treasures of 19th– and 20th–Century Painting: The Art Institute of Chicago (New York: Abbeville Press, 1993), p. 28 (ill.).
Wed
27
Jan
note
Alain Daguerre De Hureaux, Delacroix
Alain Daguerre De Hureaux, Delacroix (Paris: Hazan, 1993), p. 322.
Sun
27
Jan
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Lee Johnson, “The Art of Delacroix,” in Eugène Delacroix
Lee Johnson, “The Art of Delacroix,” in Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863): Paintings, Drawings, and Prints from North American Collections (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1991), p. 26.
Mon
27
Jan
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Lee Johnson, The Paintings of Eugène Delacroix: A Critical Catalogue, vol. 3
Lee Johnson, The Paintings of Eugène Delacroix: A Critical Catalogue, vol. 3 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), vol. 1, p. 14–15, cat. 181; vol. 4, pl. 13.
Wed
27
Jan
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Donald A. Rosenthal, Orientalism: The Near East in French Painting, 1800–1880, exh. cat.
Donald A. Rosenthal, Orientalism: The Near East in French Painting, 1800–1880, exh. cat. (Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y., 1982), pp. 65–66.
Tue
27
Jan
note
Maurice Sérullaz, Delacroix
Maurice Sérullaz, Delacroix (Paris: Fernand Nathan, 1981), p. 191, cat. 308 (ill.).
Sat
27
Jan
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John D. Morse, Old Master paintings in North America
John D. Morse, Old Master paintings in North America (New York: Abbeville Press, 1979), p. 100.
Mon
27
Jan
note
Pierre Georgel and Luigina Rossi Bortolatto, Tout l’œuvre peint de Delacroix
Pierre Georgel and Luigina Rossi Bortolatto, Tout l’œuvre peint de Delacroix (Paris: Flammarion, 1975), p. 119, no. 538 (ill.).
Tue
27
Jan
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Frank Anderson Trapp, The Attainment of Delacroix
Frank Anderson Trapp, The Attainment of Delacroix (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1970), pp. 209, pl. XIX.
Sun
27
Jan
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René Huyghe, Delacroix
René Huyghe, Delacroix (London: Thames & Hudson, 1963), p. 408, pl. XLVII.
Sun
27
Jan
exhibition
Sarasota, Ringling Museum of Art, Palmer Family Collections, February 23–March 24, 1963, cat. 10.
Sarasota, Ringling Museum of Art, Palmer Family Collections, February 23–March 24, 1963, cat. 10.
Sun
27
Jan
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Lucien Rudrauf, “De la bête à l’ange: les étapes de la lutte vitale dans la pensée et l’art d’Eugène Delacroix,” Acta Historiae Artium Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 9
Lucien Rudrauf, “De la bête à l’ange: les étapes de la lutte vitale dans la pensée et l’art d’Eugène Delacroix,” Acta Historiae Artium Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 9 (1963), p. 330, fig. 18.
Fri
27
Jan
note
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), pp. 122–23.
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