Eugène Delacroix: Collision of Moorish Horsemen |
Artist | | |
Title | Collision of Moorish Horsemen |
Object type | painting |
Description | English: Delacroix described the spectacular and violent military pageantry at the court of Sultan Abd-er-Rahmen of Morocco (1778-1859), which he witnessed while accompanying Count Charles de Mornay on a diplomatic expedition on behalf of King Louis Philippe of France in 1832: "During their military exercises, which consist of riding their horses at full-speed and stopping them suddenly after firing a shot, it often happens that the horses carry away their riders and fight each other when they collide." |
Date | between 1843 and 1844 date QS:P571,+1843-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1843-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1844-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium | oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions | height: 81.3 cm (32 in); width: 99.1 cm (39 in) dimensions QS:P2048,81.3U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,99.1U174728 ; Framed H with build-up: 48 5/16 x W: 55 5/8 x D: 8 5/8 in. (122.71 x 141.29 x 21.91 cm) |
Collection | institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
Accession number | 37.6 |
Place of creation | The Hague, Netherlands (?) |
Object history | - Schwabacher (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
- Sale M. de S. [Schwabacher (?)], May 5, 1877, no. 6
- Arnold and Tripp, February 12, 1881, by purchase [see Arnold, Tripp et Compagnie, Livre d'entrée, no. 52 and Livre de Sortie, no. 1159, Collection of M. Dieterle]
- William T. Walters, Baltimore, May 9, 1883, by purchase
- 1894: inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore
- 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
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Exhibition history | [Exhibition title unknown, held at Galerie des Beaux-Arts]. Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Paris. 1844. Eugène Delacroix, 1798-1863. Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. 1962-1963. Orientalism: Delacroix to Klee. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland. 1997-1998. A Magnificent Age: Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2002-2004. 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin. 2010-2011. |
Credit line | Acquired by William T. Walters, 1883 |
Inscriptions | [Signature] Lower left: Eug. Delacroix |
References | |
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork |
Permission (Reusing this file) | |