Eugène Delacroix
Le Caïd Mohammed-Ben-Abou (Chef Maure à Meknez)
1832
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 200 x 270 mm. (7 7/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
Plate: 149 x 213 mm. (5 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.4903
According to Strauber, "it seems possible that the inscription 'Les Artistes contemporains' does not refer to the journal of that title...one possibility, despite the variation in the title from 'Les' to 'Des,' might be Charles Lenormant's Des Artistes contemporains, Paris, Alexandre Mesmei, published in 1833." See Loys Delteil, Delacroix, the graphic work: a catalogue raisonné, translated and revised by Susan Strauber (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy, 1997), p. 56, note 58. I have been unable to locate the publication Strauber describes, however there is a publication by Lenormant, Les Artistes contemporains (Paris: Alexandre Mesnier, 1833).
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: Signed and dated in plate: upper right "Eug. Delacroix / 1833." Inscribed in plate: upper right "Les Artistes contemporains."; lower center "CHEF MAURE A MEKNEZ, PAR EUGÈNE DELACROIX."
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
