A Recent Gift of Delacroix Drawings Highlighted in New Gallery Rotation

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863). Crouching Tiger, 1839. Pen and brush with brown ink on wove paper; Overall: 5 3/16 x 7 3/8 in. (13.1 x 18.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, in honor of Sanford I. Weill, 2013 (2013.1135.5)

«A selection of ten drawings by Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863) is now on view in the Robert Wood Johnson Jr. Gallery. The display features several highlights from a recent gift of forty-three Delacroix drawings from the collection of Mrs. Karen B. Cohen that focus on the artist's Moroccan subjects. Many of these works were inspired by Delacroix's journey to North Africa in 1832—including studies related to his painting of The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage, animal drawings such as a ferocious tiger, and figure studies of Arab peoples and costumes.»

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863). Study for The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage, ca. 1832–33. Brush and brown ink on heavy laid paper; Overall: 7 5/8 x 9 15/16 in. (19.4 x 25.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, in honor of Henri Loyrette, 2013 (2013.1135.20)

Mrs. Cohen, a longtime trustee and benefactor of the Museum, is renowned for her collection of nineteenth-century French Realist, Romantic, and Barbizon art, one of the finest collections to be found outside of France. Her generous gift greatly enhances the Museum's holdings by the great Romantic artist Delacroix, while also deepening and broadening the permanent collection.

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863). Studies of Arab Heads and Figures, 1810–63. Graphite and wash on wove paper; sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 3/16 in. (26.4 x 36.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, in honor of Philippe de Montebello upon the occasion of his twenty-fifth year as Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2013.1135.26)