The most famous portrait of Eugène Delacroix signed by Pierre Petit.

Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)

Original photograph.

Vintage albumin draw, signed on the sidelines by photographer Pierre Petit.

Paris. 1862.

Magnificent large format test appearing Delacroix in bust and profile; One of the most famous portraits of the French painter.

The installation session in the workshop of Pierre Petit Date of 1862. We know other portraits, under different postures, taken from this same session. Some of them are kept at the Musée d'Orsay, the Carnavalet Museum as well as at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

Draw presented in black wood frame.

Formats: test (in sight): 23 x 19 cm / Frame: 36 x 31 cm

Provenance: Old Georges Sorte collection.