Delacroix 2018

15. Sheet of Studies with an Allegory of Astronomy Feuille d’études avec une allégorie de l’astronomie

c. 1834 (?) Graphite on paper 12 1 ⁄ 2

x 8 inches (32 x 20.5 cm) Estate sale stamp lower right: Lugt 838a Inscribed in graphite at the left along the edge: (?) Architecture/les toiles/ Coupant les fleurs (?)/ se rappeler les vitraux de Valmont

PROVENANCE Delacroix sale 1864.

It has been suggested that this drawing is a copy after an allegorical work of the Fontainebleau School combined with studies for figures in the Salon du Roi mural.