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1861 · Art Institute of Chicago
La Chasse aux lions au Maroc
painting by Eugène Delacroix (Chicago)
- Date
- 1861WikidataArt Institute of Chicago: 1860–61
- Medium
- Oil on canvasArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- 76.5 × 98.5 cmArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: 76.5 × 98.5 cm
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoWikidata
- Gallery
- Gallery 220Art Institute of Chicago
- Movement
- Orientalism, RomanticismWikidata
- Genre
- genre artWikidata
- Materials
- oil paint, canvasWikidata
- Inventory no.
- 1922.404Wikidata
- Credit line
- Potter Palmer CollectionArt Institute of Chicago
Provenance
Where it has been
- 1922 –Art Institute of Chicagohigh confidenceWikidata · collection
Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago
Paris, Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Eugene Delacroix, March 6-April 16, 1885, cat. 76.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings From the Collection of Mrs. Potter Palmer, August 1910, cat. 22.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Delacroix, March 20-April 20, 1930, cat. 43.
Paris, Musée du Louvre, Exposition Eugène Delacroix, June-September 1930, cat. 191.
The Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1933, cat. 246.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1-November 1, 1934, cat. 192.
Springfield, Mass., Museum of Fine Arts, From David to Cézanne, February 9-March 10, 1935, cat. 16.
Pittsburg, Carnegie Institute, A Survey of French Painting, April 2-May 14, 1936, cat. 17.
Cambridge, Mass., Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Gericault, Delacroix, Chasseriau, Painters of the Romantic Movement, April 30-June1, 1946, no cat. no.
Buffalo, New York, Albright Art Gallery, Expressionism in American Painting, May 10–June 29, 1952, cat. 3 (ill.).
Venice, XXVIII Biennale di Venezia, May–September 1956, cat. 42.
Los Angeles, University of California –Los Angeles Art Council, French Masters From Rococo to Romanticism, March 5–April 16, 1961, no cat. no. (ill.).
Paris, Musée du Louvre, Centrenaire d’Eugéne Delacroix, May-September, 1963, cat. 521.
Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland, Delacroix, August 14-September 12, 1964, cat. 75, traveled to London, Royal Academy of Arts, October 1-November 8, 1964.
Stockholm, Natinalmuseum, Delacroix’ Lejonakter, October 1-December 6, 1981, cat. 28 (ill.).
Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, The Impressionist Tradition: Masterpieces from The Art Institute of Chicago, October 18-December 17, 1986, cat. 1 (ill.), traveled to Fukuoka Art Museum, January 5-February 2, 1986 and Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, March 4-April 13, 1986.
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Delacroix les dernières années, April 7-July 20, 1998, cat. 23 (ill.), traveled to Philadelphia Museum of Art, September 10, 1998-January 3, 1999.
Charlottenlund/Copenhagen, Ordrupgaard, Delacroix: The Music of Painting, September 13-December 30, 2000, cat. 16 (ill.).
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsuhe, Eugène Delacroix, November 1, 2003-February1, 2004, cat. 22 (ill.).
Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Art, “Delacroix’s Influence: The Rise of Modern Art from Cézanne to van Gogh,” 18 October 2015 – 10 January 2016, traveled to London, National Gallery, 17 February – 22 May 2016
Identifiers & sources+
- Art Institute of Chicago81505
- Wikimedia CommonsEugène Delacroix - Lion Hunt - 1922.404 - Art Institute of Chicago.jpg
- inventory number1922.404
- WikidataQ17318501
- Fame rank#6125 (3 Wikipedia articles)