A sketch of man and feline by Eugène Delacroix. 1857.

Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)

Original drawing.

Brown feather and ink on paper.

Study of a character and a feline.

Dated on the fringes by Delacroix "7 ^Bre [18] 57"

All his life, Delacroix became interested in felines, which he observed, with fascination, from the 1820s, in the garden of plants, soaking up their attitudes and their elegance. He regularly visited, with his friend Antoine-Louis Bare, the menageries of Fauves de la Foire de Saint-Cloud and the Museum of Natural History, to study animals on the spot.

Format 12.50 x 20.50 cm.

Presented in a modern black wood frame with romantic decor.

Provenance: DELACROIX workshop, its cachet below in the center (LUGT n ° 838A)

Expertise in Bayser's Cabinet