Search Request | Object report
Lion hunting
Lost Art-ID
599861
Artist / Creator
Delacroix, Eugène
Birth
1798.04.26, Charenton-Saint-Maurice
Death
1863.08.13, Paris
Place of activity
Paris Erw.-landschaft: Orient
Title
Lion hunting
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Panel (Oak) / painted
Measures
25 x 22,5 cm
Inventory number
G 0444-ex
Description
lower right: Eug. Delacroix (stenciled).
The authenticity of the painting is doubtful.
In the foreground a lion resting with the front paws on a dead Arab. He turns roaring to the upper right, from where hunters shoot after him.
Provenance
1924-after/about 1945: Städtisches Museum, Wuppertal-Elberfeld | 1945: larceny, evacuation point Ehrenbreitstein | after/about 1945-present: whereabouts unknown
Storage site
Published since
Contact
Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal
Wall 24a
42103 Wuppertal
Germany
Phone
+49 (0) 202 563 2500
Contact
Contact
Anna Baumberger
Position
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin | Provenienzforschung
Phone
+49 (0) 202 563 7191
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