Delacroix 2018

34. Four Studies of the Head of a Lioness Etude de têtes de lionnes

Pencil and watercolor on paper 11 x 8 inches (28.2 x 20.6 cm) Estate sale stamp lower right: Lugt 838a

PROVENANCE Delacroix sale 1864, possibly part of lot 485 ( Lions et lionnes. Etudes et dessins. 43 feuilles ) or lot 487 ( Lions et lionnes. Etudes et croquis à la plume et au crayon. 79 feuilles ); Collection Suzor, Paris 1939. EXHIBITIONS Zurich, Kunsthaus, Eugène Delacroix 1798 – 1863 , January 28–April 5, 1939, no. 199 (loaned by Suzor).