A Young Black Woman Fetching Water

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A Young Black Woman Fetching Water

Eugène DelacroixLinkedCulture matchlcp-59ff2d3c2f3c

Date
1832
Medium
Watercolor and graphite, heightened with gouache on paper
Culture
France
Department
Drawings
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
662030

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A woman in traditional attire stands outdoors holding a cloth and a red container.

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In 1832, the French Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix was invited to accompany the Count de Mornay, ambassador to the Sultan of Morocco, on a journey to Spain, Morocco, and Algeria. While there, he created this watercolor depicting a young woman—likely an enslaved African—as she engaged in domestic work. The drawing was one of 18 that Delacroix included in an album given to the count as a souvenir of their travels. Delacroix replicated and slightly changed the image in this watercolor as a wood engraving published in the popular journal L’Illustration in 1844.

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Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance
Given by the artist [1798-1863] to Charles Edgar de Mornay, Count de Mornay [1803-1878], Paris, 1832 | Armand-Alexandre-Joseph-Adrien de Caulaincourt, Marquis de Caulaincourt, Duc de Vicence [1815-1896], Paris, by descent, 1877-1896 | 1896–1973: Caulaincourt family, Paris | 1973: Galerie André Watteau, Paris, sold to private collection | 1973–2009: Private collection, London, by descent | November 25, 2009: Sale, Christie’s, London, November 25, 2009, no. 4 (bought in), 2009 | 2009–23: Private collection, London (returned from sale), sold to Cleveland Museum of Art | September 11, 2023–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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