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Peasant Women from the Region of the Eaux-Bonnes
Eugène DelacroixLinkedCulture matchlcp-ff01cec55b2b
- Date
- 1845
- Medium
- Watercolor, with touches of gouache, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 61564
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
In the summer of 1845, Delacroix went to the Pyrenees to take the waters at the spa of Eaux-Bonnes near the Spanish border, where he delighted in the natural dignity of the local peasants and the beauty of their colorful dress.
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- Credit line
- Helen Regenstein Collection
- Provenance
- Estate of the artist [Lugt 838a]; sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 22-27, 1864, Delacroix estate sale, lot 591, to M. Fanies [Robaut 1885]. Private collection, Paris, by 1963 [Bern 1963]. Sold by E. V. Thaw, New York, to the Art Institute, 1980.
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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