Description
In the summer of 1845, Delacroix went to the Pyrenees to take the waters at the spa of Eaux-Bonnes near the Spanish border, where he delighted in the natural dignity of the local peasants and the beauty of their colorful dress.
Provenance
Estate of the artist [Lugt 838a]; sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 22-27, 1864, Delacroix estate sale, lot 591, to M. Fanies [Robaut 1885]. Private collection, Paris, by 1963 [Bern 1963]. Sold by E. V. Thaw, New York, to the Art Institute, 1980.
Accession Number
61564
Medium
Watercolor, with touches of gouache, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper
Dimensions
34 × 26.2 cm (13 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
Classification
watercolor
Credit Line
Helen Regenstein Collection
