Delacroix 2018

20. Torso of a Man Seen from Behind, Study for the Murals at The Salon du Roi, Palais Bourbon (Assemblée Nationale), Paris Torse d’homme vu de dos, reprise du bras, Etude pour Le Salon du Roi, Palais Bourbon (Assemblée Nationale), Paris

1833–37 Pencil on paper 7 1 ⁄ 4 x 10 1 ⁄ 8

inches (18.7 x 26 cm) Estate sale stamp lower right: Lugt 838a

PROVENANCE Delacroix sale 1864, part of lot 254 ( Etudes d’après nature pour l’ensemble de toute cette decoration. Dessins et croquis. 45 feuilles .)

This drawing is a study for one of three heroically proportioned men who are fashioning weapons in the frieze La Guerre, Salon du Roi.

War , detail from the wall decoration in the Salon du Roi