A newly discovered Delacroix after Rubens

• Autores: Richard Verdi
• Localización: Burlington magazine, ISSN 0007-6287, Vol. 153, Nº 1296, 2011, págs. 172-173
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The writer discusses a watercolor copy (private collection) by Eugene Delacroix of a group in Peter Paul Rubens's painting Allegory of Peace and War. The copy was presumably made during Delacroix's only visit to England in the summer of 1825, where he saw Allegory of War and Peace in the collection of Lord Gower at Cleveland House. Although the watercolor was previously exhibited as attributed to Delacroix, there can be little doubt on stylistic grounds that it is by him and it constitutes a notable addition to his London oeuvre. It also affords yet further evidence of his lifelong immersion in the work of Rubens, whom he considered among the very greatest of painters and who provided a decisive inspiration for his own works throughout his career. The writer examines the work in detail.