ILLUSTRATIONS
1 Eugène Delacroix, Ovid Among the Scythians, 1859. National Gallery, London. Bought, 1956. NG6262. Photo © National Gallery, London / Art Resource, New York.
2 Eugène Delacroix, Ovid Among the Scythians, 1859 (fig. 1), detail.
3 Eugène Delacroix, Ovid Among the Scythians, 1859 (fig. 1), detail.
4 Eugène Delacroix, Ovid Among the Scythians, 1859 (fig. 1), detail.
5 Eugène Delacroix, The Natchez, 1834–35. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Gifts of George N. and Helen M. Richard and Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh and Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, by exchange, 1989. 1989.328. Photo: www.metmuseum.org.
6 Eugène Delacroix, The Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople, 1840. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Inv. 3821. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
7 Library of the Chamber of Deputies. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
8 Plan of Delacroix’s ceiling in the Library of the Palais Bourbon, Paris.
9 Chart of antitheses in the ceiling of the Library of the Palais Bourbon, Paris. Drawing by YooJin Hong.
10 Horace Vernet, ceiling of the Hall of Peace, 1838–47. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Courtesy of the Assemblée nationale. Photo: Service de la communication et de l’information multimédia, Assemblée nationale.
11 Horace Vernet, ceiling of the Hall of Peace (fig. 10), 1838–47, detail of the central portion, with The Genius of Steam on Earth, Peace Enthroned Before Paris, and Steam Putting to Flight the Sea Gods.
12 Victor Calliat, The Galerie des Fêtes, from Marius Vachon, L’ancien Hôtel de Ville de Paris, 1533–1871 (Paris: A. Quantin, 1882), 69.
13 Danguin after Henri Lehmann, Et Vestus et Tecta Parant, from Marius Vachon, L’ancien Hôtel de Ville de Paris, 1533–1871 (Paris: A. Quantin, 1882), 77.
14 Paul Chenavard, Social Palingenesis, or The Philosophy of History, 1848–51. Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon. Photo © MBA Lyon.
15 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, The Apotheosis of Homer, 1827. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Inv. 5417. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
16 Eugène Delacroix, Alexander Preserving the Poems of Homer, 1845. Palais du Luxembourg, Paris. Photo © Sénat.
17 Eugène Delacroix, Dante and the Spirits of the Great, 1841–45. Palais du Luxembourg, Paris. Photo © Sénat.
18 Eugène Delacroix, Apollo Slaying Python, 1850–51. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Inv. 3818. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York (Gérard Blot).
19 Eugène Delacroix, Apollo Slaying Python, 1850–51 (fig. 18), detail.
20 Eugène Delacroix, sketch for Peace Descends to Earth, 1852. Musée Carnavalet, Paris. Photo © Petit Palais / Roger-Viollet.
21 Eugène Delacroix, Study of a Harnessed Horse, 1832. Musée du Louvre, Paris. RF 9289. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York (Michel Urtado).
22 Eugène Delacroix, Study of a Seated Arab, 1832. British Museum, London. 1968,0210.24. Photo © The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, New York.
23 Eugène Delacroix, Study of Arab Horse Riders, 1832. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. NMH 66/1949. Photo: Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
24 Eugène Delacroix, Women of Algiers in Their Apartment, 1834. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Inv. 3824. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York (Thierry Le Mage).
25 Eugène Delacroix, The Fanatics of Tangier, 1838. Minneapolis Institute of Art. Bequest of J. Jerome Hill. 73.42.3. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
26 Eugène Delacroix, The Jewish Wedding, 1841. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Inv. 3825. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York (Stéphane Maréchalle).
27 Eugène Delacroix, Odalisque on a Divan, ca. 1825. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. PD.3-1957. Photo © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge / Art Resource, New York.
28 Eugène Delacroix, The Death of Sardanapalus, 1827. Musée du Louvre, Paris. RF 2346. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
29 Eugène Delacroix, Arabs Traveling, 1855. Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence. Museum Appropriation Fund 35.786. Photography by Erik Gould, courtesy of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence.
30 Eugène Delacroix, View of Tangier from the Seashore, 1858. Minneapolis Institute of Art. Bequest of Mrs. Erasmus C. Lindley in memory of her father, James J. Hill. 49.4. Photo: Bridgeman Images.
31 Eugène Delacroix, Arab Horses Fighting in a Stable, 1860. Musée d’Orsay, Paris. RF 1988. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York (Gérard Blot).
32 Eugène Delacroix, Women at the Fountain, ca. 1854. Private collection. Photo courtesy of Sotheby’s.
33 Eugène Delacroix, Moroccan Troops Fording a River, 1858. Musée d’Orsay, Paris. RF 1987. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York (Hervé Lewandowski).
34 Eugène Delacroix, The Sultan Abd er Rahman, 1845. Musée des Augustins, Toulouse. Photo: Daniel Martin.
35 Charles-Théodore Frère, View of Constantine, 1841. The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. GE-7325. Photo © The State Hermitage Museum (Vladimir Terebenin).
36 Adrien Dauzats, The Porte d’Alger in Blidah, 1840. Musée Condé, Chantilly. DE693. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York (René-Gabriel Ojéda).
37 Félix Philippoteaux, Moorish Women of Algiers in Their Apartment, 1846. Private collection, courtesy of Galerie Talabardon et Gautier, Paris. Photo © Béatrice Hatala.
38 Horace Vernet, The Arab Tale-Teller, 1833. Wallace Collection, London. Photo reproduced by kind permission of the Trustees of the Wallace Collection, London / Art Resource, New York.
39 Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, A Turkish Merchant, 1844. Musée d’Orsay, Paris. RF 1810. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York (Hervé Lewandowski).
40 Eugène Delacroix, A Moroccan Caïd Receiving Tribute, 1838. Musée des beaux-arts, Nantes. Inv. 892. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York (Gérard Blot).
41 Eugène Delacroix, A Moroccan and His Horse, 1857. Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest. 385.B. Photo © The Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest / Scala / Art Resource, New York.
42 Eugène Delacroix, Moroccan Landscape, 1855. Formerly Matthiesen Gallery, London. Photo: Matthiesen Gallery.
43 Eugène Delacroix, Arabs Skirmishing in the Mountains, 1863. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Chester Dale Fund. 1966.12.1. Photo courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
44 Eugène Delacroix, Arabs Skirmishing in the Mountains, 1863 (fig. 43), detail.
45 Eugène Delacroix, Arabs Skirmishing in the Mountains, 1863 (fig. 43), detail.
46 Eugène Delacroix, Arabs Skirmishing in the Mountains, 1863 (fig. 43), detail.
47 Eugène Delacroix, Horses Coming out of the Sea, 1860. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. 0486. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
48 Eugène Delacroix, Young Tiger Playing with Its Mother, 1830. Musée du Louvre, Paris. RF 1943. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York (Hervé Lewandowski).
49 Eugène Delacroix, Lion Attacking a Boar, 1851. Kunsthalle Bremen—Der Kunstverein in Bremen, Department of Prints and Drawings. Inv. Nr. 1974/627. Photo: Karen Blindow.
50 Eugène Delacroix, Lion Hunt, 1858. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. S. A. Denio Collection—Sylvanus Adams Denio Fund and General Income. 95.179. Photo © 2018 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
51 Eugène Delacroix, Sheet of Studies, possibly late 1820s. Musée du Louvre, Paris. RF 10606. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York (Michel Urtado).
52 Antoine Barye, The Lion of Admiral Rigny, 1828. École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris. EBA509-062. Photo © Beaux-Arts de Paris, dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York.
53 Antoine Barye, The Lion of Admiral Rigny, 1828. École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris. EBA509-063. Photo © Beaux-Arts de Paris, dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York.
54 Eugène Delacroix, Two Studies of a Dead Lion, 1829. Musée du Louvre, Paris. RF 9690. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York (Michèle Bellot).
55 Eugène Delacroix, Wounded Brigand, 1825. Kunstmuseum Basel. Inv. 1726. Photo: Kunstmuseum Basel (Martin P. Bühler).
56 George Stubbs, Horse Attacked by a Lion, 1768–69. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven. B1977.14.71. Photo: Yale Center for British Art.
57 James Ward, Lion and Tiger Fighting, 1797. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Photo © Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge / Art Resource, New York.
58 James Northcote, Tiger Hunt, 1806. Royal Academy of the Arts, London. 07/1663. Photo © Royal Academy of Arts, London.
59 Eugène Delacroix, Lion Attacking a Tiger, 1860–63. Oskar-Reinhart Collection “Am Römerholz,” Winterthur.
60 Eugène Delacroix, Lion Hunt, 1855. Musée des beaux-arts, Bordeaux. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York (A. Danvers).
61 Eugène Delacroix, Lion Hunt, 1854. Musée d’Orsay, Paris. RF 1984-33. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York (Gérard Blot).
62 Eugène Delacroix, Lion Hunt, 1855. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Photo: Scala / White Images / Art Resource, New York.
63 Schelte Bolswert and Peter Paul Rubens, Lion Hunt, late sixteenth to early seventeenth centuries. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce. DYCE.2271. Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
64 Eugène Delacroix, Studies After Rubens’s Lion Hunt, ca. 1854. Musée du Louvre, Paris. RF 9144, 22 (fol. 13r). Photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York (Michel Urtado).
65 Eugène Delacroix, Study After Rubens’s Lion Hunt, ca. 1854. Musée du Louvre, Paris. RF 9150, 15 (fol. 8r). Photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York (Michel Urtado).
66 Pieter Claesz. Soutman after Peter Paul Rubens, Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt, ca. 1640. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce. DYCE.1989. Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
67 Pieter Claesz. Soutman after Peter Paul Rubens, Lion Hunt, ca. 1640. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce. DYCE.1988. Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
68 Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, Isaac Van Amburgh and His Animals, 1839. Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, London. Photo: Royal Collection Trust / © 2018 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
69 Auguste Faisandier, following instructions from Jules Gérard, Jules Gérard Hunting Lions, Killing the One That Ate His Arab (27 July 1853), 1854. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris. Photo: BnF.
70 Eugène Delacroix, Arabs Hunting a Lion, 1854. The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. GE-3853. Photo © The State Hermitage Museum (Vladimir Terebenin).
71 N. Maurin after a sketch by J. Arago, Rouvière, 1838. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris. Photo: BnF.
72 Eugène Delacroix, Lion Hunt, 1863. Art Institute of Chicago, Potter Palmer Collection. 1922.404.
73 Eugène Delacroix, Lion Hunt, 1863 (fig. 72), detail.
74 Eugène Delacroix, Lion Hunt, 1863 (fig. 72), detail.
75 Eugène Delacroix, Lion Hunt, 1863 (fig. 72), detail.
76 Eugène Delacroix, Spring: Orpheus and Eurydice, 1856–63. Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand. Photo: João Musa.
77 Eugène Delacroix, Winter: Juno and Aeolus, 1856–63. Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand. Photo: João Musa.
78 Eugène Delacroix, The Death of Pliny the Elder, 1841. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
79 Eugène Delacroix, Aristotle Describes the Animals, 1841. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
80 Eugène Delacroix, Hippocrates Refusing the Gifts of Artaxerxes, 1841. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
81 Eugène Delacroix, Archimedes Killed by a Soldier, 1841. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
82 Eugène Delacroix, Herodotus Consults the Magians, 1841. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
83 Eugène Delacroix, The Chaldean Shepherds, 1841. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
84 Eugène Delacroix, The Death of Seneca, 1841. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
85 Eugène Delacroix, Socrates and His Daemon, 1841–42. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
86 Eugène Delacroix, Numa and Egeria, 1843–44. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
87 Eugène Delacroix, Lycurgus Consults the Pythia, 1843. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
88 Eugène Delacroix, Cicero Accuses Verres Before the Roman People, 1844. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
89 Eugène Delacroix, Demosthenes Haranguing the Sea Waves, 1845. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
90 Eugène Delacroix, The Tribute Money, 1843. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
91 Eugène Delacroix, The Death of John the Baptist, 1843–44? Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
92 Eugène Delacroix, The Expulsion of Adam and Eve, 1845. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
93 Eugène Delacroix, The Captivity in Babylon, 1843–45. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
94 Eugène Delacroix, Alexander and the Poems of Homer, 1844–45? Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
95 Eugène Delacroix, Ovid Among the Scythians, 1844. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
96 Eugène Delacroix, The Education of Achilles, 1845. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
97 Eugène Delacroix, Hesiod and the Muse, 1845? Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
98 Eugène Delacroix, Orpheus Civilizes the Greeks, 1845–47. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.
99 Eugène Delacroix, Attila and His Barbarian Hordes Trample Italy and the Arts, 1843–47. Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo: Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale.