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Médée
Medea
Médée
Emile Lassalle (French, 1813–1871)
After: Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863)
Published by: Lemercier (French, 19th century)
After: Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863)
Published by: Lemercier (French, 19th century)
French
1855-1856
Medium/Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
Mount: 92.5 × 66.1 cm (36 7/16 × 26 in.)
Sheet: 74 × 49.6 cm (29 1/8 × 19 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 74 × 49.6 cm (29 1/8 × 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Louis Prang
Accession NumberM5504
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionCrayon drawing with some scraping.
Signed
Lower left, in plate: Eug. Delacroix / 1838
Lower left, in plate: Emile Lassalle lith.
Lower left, in plate: Emile Lassalle lith.
InscriptionsLower right, in plate: Eugène Delacroix Pinxt.
Lower center in plate: Imp de Lemercier de Seine 57 Paris
Lower right, in plate: Emile Lassalle Lith.
Lower center, in plate: Médée
Lower right, in ink: Tirée du Musée de Lille
Verso, center, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler: Prang Collection
Verso, lower left, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler:
Lower center in plate: Imp de Lemercier de Seine 57 Paris
Lower right, in plate: Emile Lassalle Lith.
Lower center, in plate: Médée
Lower right, in ink: Tirée du Musée de Lille
Verso, center, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler: Prang Collection
Verso, lower left, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler:
Provenance1888, gift of Louis Prang (b. 1824 - d. 1909), Boston, to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: September 26, 1888)