Eugène Delacroix
Perseus and Andromeda
1846
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Eugène Delacroix
Perseus and Andromeda
1846
Physical Qualities
Oil on paper mounted on panel, 17 1/4 x 13 11/16 in. (43.8 x 34.8 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.207
This work by the Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix was once in the collection of Leo Stein, and it would have been very familiar to Etta Cone when she purchased it in 1937. Along with his sister Gertrude, Leo Stein was an important collector of modern European art in the first years of the twentieth century, and many artists and collectors flocked to the Steins' apartment in Paris to see their works. It has been suggested that the enchained figure of Andromeda in this work my have inspired their friend Henri Matisse to produce some of his early sculptures of female nudes, including "Seated Nude with Arms on Head" (BMA 1950.207).
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase, 1937; Howard S. Gans, New York; Fred M. Stein, New York, 1924; Leo Stein, Paris, 1913 or 1914; Leo and Gertrude Stein, Paris, 1905; M.T. Shiff, 1893; Jadin, Paris, 1864; Eugène Delacroix
Matisse: Painter as Sculptor
Cone Refresh
Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore
Exhibition of the Greek Tradition
A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840-1940
Vente Eugène Delacroix, Hotel Drouot, Paris, February 17-19, 1864, lot no. 64, p. 12. (published as "Andromède délivrée par Persée")
Alfred Robaut, "L'Oeuvre Complet de Eugene Delacroix: Peintures, Dessins, Gravures, Lithographies," Paris: Charavay Frères, 1885, pp. 263, 534, no. 1001. (published as "Persée et Andromède")
Raymond Escholier, "Delacroix: Peintre, Graveur, Écrivain, vol. 2," Paris: H. Floury, 1927, pp. 321, 337, pl. 41, ill. (published as "Persée et Andromède" )
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840-1940," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1941, p. 81.
George Boas, Adelyn D. Breeskin, and J.G. D'Arcy Paul, "Selections from the Cone Collection," "News of The Baltimore Museum of Art," October 1949, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 12.
"Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, Collectors," "Art News," January 1950, vol. XLVIII, no. 9, p. 40.
Doris Brian, "The Baltimore Museum's Cone Collection: A Pointed Star," "The Art Digest," January 15, 1950, vol. 24, no. 8, p. 8.
Yale University Art Gallery, "Pictures for a Picture of Gertrude Stein as a Collector and Writer on Art and Artists," New Haven: Yale University Press, 1951, p. 23, no. 9.
Gertrude Rosenthal, "From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1951, pp. 13, 19, 21, no. 23, ill.
Katherine Scarborough, "The Museum Celebrates 25 Years of Expansion," "The Baltimore Sun," August 15, 1954, p. M10.
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, pp. 23, 28, no. 22.
Leslie Judd Portner, "Worthy Home for Cone Collection," "The Washington Post and Times Herald," August 25, 1957, p. E7.
Eloise Spaeth, "American Art Museums and Galleries: An Introduction to Looking," New York: Harper & Bros, 1960, p. 50.
Rene Huyghe, Delacroix, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1963, pp. 473, 481, 491
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings in the Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1967, pp. 17, 65, no. 18.
James R. Mellow, "The Stein Salon was the First Museum of Modern Art," "The New York Times," December 1, 1968, p. SM48.
The Museum of Modern Art, "Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family," New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1970, pp. 26, 88, ill. p. 88.
Douglas Cooper, Irene Gordon, Lucile M. Golson, Ellen B. Hirschland, Leon Katz, and William Voss Elder, III, "Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1971, p. 11.
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, p. 190.
Jack Flam, "Matisse The Man and His Art 1869-1918," Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986, p. 184, fig. 178, ill.
John Dorsey, "Baltimore-Owned Gems Sparkle in Philadelphia," "The Baltimore Sun," October 18, 1998, p. 11F.
Arlette Sérullaz, Vincent Pomarède, Joseph J. Rishel, Lee Johnson, Louis-Antoine Prat, and David Liot, "Delacroix: The Late Work," Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1998, pp. 180-181, 406, no. 66, ill.
Dorothy Kosinski, Jay McKean Fisher, and Steven Nash, "Matisse Painter as Sculptor," Baltimore and Dallas: The Baltimore Museum of Art, the Dallas Museum of Art and the Nasher Sculpture Center, 2007, pp. 38, 289, fig. 39, ill.
Janet Bishop, Cécile Debray, and Rebecca Rabinow, eds., "The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde," San Francisco: The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2011, pp. 26, 95, 328, 362-363, 364-365, 401-402, 484, no. 60, pl. 346, 347, 349, ill.
Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, pp. 24, 61, 76, pl. 39, ill.
Karen Rosenberg, "What They Loved and What They Bought," "The New York Times," May 6, 2011, p. C30.
Inscribed: Recto: There are no visible inscriptions on the recto Verso: Top left, browned square label, "LOAN/13.1938" Top center, browned label with a red border in dark ink, "838/Delacroix"; browned label with a red border, "8100/Delacroix"; white square label, "LOAN/193.1950"; in white, "29" Middle center, square label with a red border, "25 - - 32"; red wax seal, "ED" Frame Inscriptions: Verso: Middle of the left vertical rail, stamped, "T" Top left, in black grease pencil, "#1090" Top right corner in black grease pencil, "61" Top left corner in white chalk, "10"
