Old Master Paintings & Works on Paper Day Auction

Eugène Delacroix

A seated Carthusian monk in Seville

No reserve

No ReservesVAT reduced rate

Live auction begins on:

July 2, 10:00 AM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Bid

500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Eugène Delacroix

Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris

A seated Carthusian monk in Seville

pen and brown ink and brown wash, over traces of black chalk

200 by 156 mm

Estate of the artist (L.838a),

sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 17-29 February 1864, part of lot 585;

sale, Berlin, Galerie Bassenge, 29 November 2019, lot 6679;

sale, London, Sotheby's, 15 April 2026, lot 166

A. Robaut, L’Œuvre complet d’Eugène Delacroix. Peintures, dessins, gravures, lithographies, Paris 1885, p. 423, no. 1647.

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