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35. Eugène Delacroix French, 1798 – 1863

Studies for the Figures of Ceres (Salon de la Paix) ca. 1852

Pen and ink 5 1 ⁄ 8

x 8 inches ( 13 x 20 . 4 cm) Stamped lower center: L 838

provenance Sale, Gutekunst and Klipstein, Bern, Dec 22 , 1956 , no. 78 ; Collection Curtis O. Baer

exhibitions Atlanta, 1981 , no. 4 ; Atlanta, 1985 , cat. no. 162 b, p. 191

This drawing relates to the figure of Ceres, and possibly to other subjects depicted in the eight oblong coffers of the Salon de la Paix, which were executed in 1852 – 54 , and destroyed in 1871 . These coffers complimented the central theme of the ceiling by showing the immobilized Mars along with deities associated with the well-being of mankind, Bacchus, Minerva, Clio, Mercury, and Neptune.

Eugène Delacroix, Ceres . Oil on canvas, 19 . 7 x 37 . 5 cm. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 2034