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Heliodorus Expelled from the Temple

DrawingsFrench19th century

Heliodorus Expelled from the Temple

1850

Artists

Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène DelacroixArtist

Description

Drawing is on two pieces of beige antique laid paper joined near the top and mounted onto blue paper.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on three sheets of white laid paper, joined vertically at left and horizontally on top.

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

58.2 x 39.5 cm (22 15/16 x 15 9/16 in.)

Provenance

[Maurice Gobin, Paris, c. 1933], [1] sold; to Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1934 Notes [1] Correspondence between Philip Hofer and Paul Sachs from January 1934 indicate that Hofer purchased the drawings from Gobin in the summer of 1933.

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