Eugène Delacroix
Study after Rubens’ ‘St. John the Baptist’ (St. Jean, Malines)
1849
Scroll
Eugène Delacroix
Study after Rubens’ ‘St. John the Baptist’ (St. Jean, Malines)
1849
Physical Qualities
Pen and iron gall ink on paper, Sheet: 138 × 228 mm. (5 7/16 × 9 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
1996.48.4896
Decapitated nude male foreshortened with a foot and lower leg poised on the thigh of the victim.
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
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland', Nov.-Dec. 1951, p. 19, no. 28.
The Arts Council of Great Britain, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh,"Delacroix Exhibition," Aug. 14 - Sept. 12, 1964; circulated to The Royal Academy, London, Oct. 1 - Nov. 8, 1964.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'The George A. Lucas Collection', Oct. 12-Nov. 21, 1965, p. 66, no. 329.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Watercolors and Drawings from the George A. Lucas Collection', July 24-Oct. 14, 1990.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "A Continuing Example: Prints and Drawings from the George A. Lucas Collection," 4 February - 9 April, 1995.
The Arts Council of Great Britain, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh,"Delacroix Exhibition," Aug. 14 - Sept. 12, 1964; circulated to The Royal Academy, London, Oct. 1 - Nov. 8, 1964.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'The George A. Lucas Collection', Oct. 12-Nov. 21, 1965, p. 66, no. 329.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Watercolors and Drawings from the George A. Lucas Collection', July 24-Oct. 14, 1990.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "A Continuing Example: Prints and Drawings from the George A. Lucas Collection," 4 February - 9 April, 1995.
Francis S. Gruber, BMA News, Oct. 1953.
Inscribed: RECTO: LR, (red stamp), 'ED' (Lugt Suppl. 838a).
