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185086760Champrosay 1850. Fine. I am madly in love with these innocent and beautiful trees while human nature on the other hand falls every day in my esteem. Champrosay s. d. 1840-1860 13.50 x 20.10 cm une page sur un feuillet remplié Autograph letter signed by the painter Eugène Delacroix to his friend Baron Félix Feuillet de Conches master of protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under Charles X and Louis-Philippe. One page in black ink on a folded sheet with the autograph address on the verso. Traces of seal and postal stamps dated October 7. The painter writes to his friend Feuillet de Conches a distinguished man of letters whose works were well received and who also amassed an elegant collection of art and autographs in his apartment on the rue Neuve-des-Mathurins the address of this very letter. A charming and witty missive in which Delacroix expresses his enchantment with country life far removed from the bustle of Paris. ""From the summer of 1844 Eugène Delacroix settled at Champrosay on the edge of the Sénart forest near Paris. There he recorded in his journal the impressions inspired by his regular walks through the countryside. He produced numerous sketches later reworked into his large compositions as well as more ambitious landscapes that reveal how in his mature and later years the observation of nature now contemplated for its own sake had become central to his art."" MuMa ""I reply to you late dear Feuillet but you will forgive me: I promise you a Gros very happy to add it to the collection. I pity you for living far from the fields. If we were still in the time of Ovids Metamorphoses I might believe myself in danger of one day being turned into a tree. I am mad about these innocent and beautiful trees while human nature on the other hand loses each day in my esteem. I except of course friends like you and the few who retain a little reason.I embrace you while awaiting this winterEug. Delacroix."" unknown
1823759401823. Fine. s. d. ca 1823 12 x 18.20 cm Six pages sur deux feuillets rempliés Almost entirely unpublished handwritten letter from the painter Eugène Delacroix to the love of his youth the mysterious Julie now identified as being Madame de Pron by her maiden name Louise du Bois des Cours de La Maisonfort wife of Louis-Jules Baron Rossignol de Pron and daughter of the Marquis de La Maisonfort Minister of France in Tuscany patron of Lamartine and friend of Chateaubriand. 90 lines 6 pages on two folded leaves. A few deletions and two bibliographical annotations in pencil on the upper part of the first page no114. This letter is one of the last to his lover in private ownership all of Delacroix's correspondence to Madame de Pron being kept at the Getty Research Institute Los Angeles. Only nine of the ninety lines of this unpublished letter were transcribed in the Burlington Magazine in September 2009 alongside the long article by Michèle Hanoosh Bertrand and Lorraine Servois whose research finally revealed the identity of the famous recipient. Sublime love letter from twenty-four-year-old Eugène Delacroix addressed to his lover Madame de Pron twelve years his senior who unleashed the liveliest passion in him. This episode of the painter's youth then considered the rising star of Romanticism for a long time remained a mystery in the biography of Delacroix who was careful to preserve the anonymity of his lover thanks to various pseudonyms: Cara the Lady of the Italians and even Julie as in this letter in reference to the famous epistolary novel Julie ou la Nouvelle Héloïse by Rousseau. For obvious reasons Delacroix did not sign his name on any of the letters in correspondence with the lady. A great figure of the legitimate aristocracy the recipient of this feverish letter is Madame de Pron daughter of the Marquis de La Maisonfort Minister of France in Tuscany patron of Lamartine friend of Chateaubriand. Her beauty was immortalized in 1818 by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun who painted her portrait in pastel with an oriental hairstyle. Delacroix and Madame de Pron met in April 1822 when the portrait of the latter's son Adrien was commissioned a pupil at the Lycée Impérial now Lycée Louis-le-Grand. Delacroix had been commissioned for the portrait by his close friend Charles Soulier Madame de Pron's lover who despite himself served as an intermediary for Delacroix. In the absence of Soulier who had gone to Italy the painter and the young women established an intense romantic relationship. The portrait commission became a pretext for their tender meetings in his studio on rue de Grès while no trace of the child's painting has been found to this day. Their adventure lasted a little over a year but it was one of the most intense passions of the artist's life. Our letter undoubtedly corresponds to the last throes of their relationship in the month of November 1823. After one of their visits at the end of a hiatus of several months Delacroix writes to her again under the influence of emotion: I come home with a shaken heart what a wonderful evening! . Sometimes I say to myself: why did I see her again In the calm sanctuary where I lived even in the middle of the invisible places that I had formed . I managed to silence my heart. Madame de Pron had indeed decided to bring an end to their intimate relationship see her letter from 10 November 1823: I want sweet friendship . I do not want to torment you Getty Research Institute. Losing all discernment and with blind devotion Delacroix attempts to revive their affair: Make me lie prove to me that your soul is indeed that of the Julie that I once knew since mine has regained its charming emotions and its worries. But the painter runs into Soulier and General de Coëtlosquet also lovers of Madame de Pron. Delacroix had narrowly avoided a final disagreement with Soulier who had almost seen a letter from Madame de Pron in h unknown
18281163<p>1828. Lithograph. L. Delteil 57 i or ii of iv. Image: 10 x 6½. Margins: 18½ x 12. Marginal flaws. From the set of 17 illustrations to Goethe's Faust published 1828.</p>
18333615Paris : Gaume Fréres Libraires Rue du Pot-de-fer No 5 ; se trouve aussi à Paris Chez A. Jeanthon Libraire Place Saint-André-des-Arts No. 11; imprimerie de Decourchant 1833. 1833. Hardcover. Good. Volume 1 only of 2 ; 180 pp. ; 14 cm. ; text in French ; richly bound in motled leather with gold lettering and designs fore-edge decorations and olive green and ecru marbled endpapers with silk ribbon ; a tiny worm hole on front cover ; chip to leather spine label ; an overview of the general history of religious orders and the benefits derived therefrom ; the author also revised the Dictionnaire Historique d'Education of Fillassier the friend of Rousseau ; a poem by Chênedollé is reprinted from his Etudes Poétiques "La neige au loin accumulée" concerning the Péres du Saint-Bernard ; this volume similar to OCLC: 65870631 ; only one set of the latter available at the University of Utrecht ; scarce ; G <br/> <br/> Paris : Gaume Fréres, Libraires, Rue du Pot-de-fer, No 5 ; [se trouve aussi à Paris, Chez A. Jeanthon, Libraire, Place Saint-A hardcover
1893052165Paris: Paul Chevallier Georges Petit 1893. First Edition . Stiff Wrappers. Very Good/Good Dustjacket. 36.7 Cm / 14.5" Tall. Plain Stiff Cardboard Wrappers Printed Dust Jacket. Descriptions Of 75 Works Of Art With Full-Page Rotogravures Of 21 Each Description Accompanied By The Price In Pencil. Spine Cracked Very Worn Chipped With Some Loss Of Paper Cover Along Spine. Dampstain To Front Cover At Bottom Not Affecting Interior. <br/> <br/> Paul Chevallier, Georges Petit unknown
1895Degas4<p><strong>DELACROIX DEGAS Edgar 1834-1917</strong></p><p>Autograph letter signed <em>"Degas"</em> to collector Montagnac<br />Np 27 June 1895 2 pages in-8 oblong on laid paper in bespoke leather sleeve.<br />Fold marks previous and discreet tape repair on verso</p><p><strong>Degas collector acquires a painting by Delacroix in exchange for three of his pastels of dancers as currency</strong></p><p><em>" Cher Monsieur Montagnac<br />Je reçois votre lettre ce matin et le tableau </em>de Delacroix <em>arrive à 2h. Donc il est convenu que je vous achète ce portrait du baron Schwiter douze mille francs et que <strong>je vous paie ainsi : trois pastels de moi.</strong> Je transcris votre lettre du reste j'y copie : <strong>Deux de ces pastels représenteront des groupes de danseuses et le troisième une ou deux blanchisseuses. Pour ce dernier je me réserve la faculté de les remplacer par des danseuses si ça m'allait mieux</strong>.<br />Si vous pouvez me dites-vous me livrer un de ces pastels d'ici un ou deux mois vous me feriez le plus grand plaisir. Vous ajoutez : Il est entendu que les 3 pastels seront terminés pour l'hiver prochain. Tout cela est bien et j'y souscris.<br />Au revoir cher Monsieur et recevez mes remercîments.<br />Degas "</em></p><p>A shrewd collector Degas had assembled a remarkable collection of paintings from the Renaissance to Romanticism including Greco Ingres Courbet Delacroix etc. Of the latter of which he owned thirteen paintings it is the portrait of Baron Schwiter that is here the object of his lusts.<br />This full-length portrait of Baron Louis de Schwiter 1805-1889 an important collector and familiar of Delacroix was painted in 1827. Refused by the jury of the Salon the same year it is now kept at the National Gallery in London which had acquired it during the dispersal of Degas' property after his passing in 1917.</p><p><u>Provenance:</u><br />Bibliothèque Bernard Loliée</p>
182848710Paris.: Ch. Motte & Sautelet. 1828. Black morocco-backed marbled boards and endpapers gilt spine original printed wrappers by Devéria bound in. Folio. Frontispiece portrait of Goethe half-title additional lithograph wrapper by Devéria title and 17 lithographs by Delacroix. A large paper copy of the first edition of Delacroix’s masterful interpretation of ‘Faust’ a pioneering meeting of word and image and a monument of nineteenth-century illustration.All of the plates printed on chine and mounted to larger sheets conform to first or first published state with the address of ‘Ch. Motte’. The wrapper is present in two states one of the front cover on white paper and the other including both the front and rear covers and the backstrip on blue paper.One of the monuments of nineteenth-century illustration.'Ouvrage remarquable et typique de l'époque romantique illustration magistrale du grand Delacroix qui est heureusement de plus en plus estimé des bibliophiles de gout.' Carteret. Ch. Motte & Sautelet. hardcover
18431167<p>1843. Lithograph. L. Delteil 107 after the third state with letters in face. From the series of 16 illustrations for Hamlet. Image: 9 x 8. Margins: 21¾ x 14.</p> Villain
184348704Paris.: Chez Gihaut Frères. 1843. Loose as issued with the original front and rear wrappers housed in modern box; wrappers torn with tape repair; occasional foxing to some plates mainly in the margins damp-staining affecting the upper margin only of one plate a small stain on the far right margin of another plate. Folio. 13 original lithographs by Eugène Delacroix. The complete suite of the first published edition on large paper.From the first published edition with 13 original lithographs limited to 80 copies with this one of 60 on French paper; 20 copies were also issued on Chine.Delacroix originally composed 16 lithographs in order to illustrate Hamlet the work gradually being completed between 1834 and 1843 but only 13 were issued with the first published edition. All of the prints presented here are with letters and the majority are with the printer’s imprint of Villain. The prints in the set are as follows: - 'La reine s'efforce de consoler Hamlet' Robaut 577; Delteil 103; - 'Hamlet veut suivre l'ombre de son père' Robaut 578; Delteil 104; - 'La fantôme sur une autre partie de la terrasse' Robaut 579; Delteil 105; - 'Polonius and Hamlet' Robaut 580; Delteil 106; - 'Hamlet fait jouer aux comediens la scène de l'empoisonnement de son père' Robaut 583; Delteil; Delteil 109; - 'Hamlet et Guildenstern' Robaut 584; Delteil 108; - 'Hamlet tente de tuer le roi' Robaut 585; Delteil 110; - 'Le meurtre de Polonius' Robaut 586 - 587; Delteil 111; - 'Hamlet et la reine' Robaut 588; Delteil 112; - 'Hamlet et le cadavre de Polonius' Robaut 589; Delteil 113; - 'Mort d'Ophélie' Robaut 591 - 592; Delteil 115; - 'Hamlet et Horatio devant les fossoyeurs' Robaut 593 - 594; Delteil 116; - 'Mort d'Hamlet' Robaut 597; Delteil 118. Chez Gihaut Frères. unknown
184387676Paris: Chez Gihaut frères Edit. Boulevard des Italiens 5 1843. Fine. Chez Gihaut frères Edit. Boulevard des Italiens 5 Paris s.d. 1843 36.40 x 49.80 cm relié Complete set of 13 original lithographs by Eugène Delacroix in first edition first issue with the letter one of 20 copies on Chine paper pasted on laid paper: ""It was originally printed in a few proofs on Chine the format of which exceeds the square line by one or two centimeters. They are highly sought-after even though they bear the letter"" Robaut. Bound in the original publisher's brown half-shagreen binding title gilt stamped on first board original first cover wrapper preserved. Small restored tear to the margin of the wrapper over 5 cm sunned spine joints and corners rubbed scattered foxing and a dampstain to the lower part of the laid paper on which the lithographs are pasted on without affecting the lithographs themselves. Exceptional and rare set of original lithographs by Eugène Delacroix on Chine paper illustrating Shakespeare's masterpiece. A cornerstone of Romantic art this series was ""made at M. Delacroix's personal expense. Only 80 copies were printed 60 on blanc and 20 on chine and these were sold out at the time of the author's death"" Henri Béraldi. It is now esteemed as Delacroix's most accomplished graphic undertaking which took him more than ten years to achieve and generally considered to be one of the first modern livres de peintre. This is Delacroix's second lithographic portfolio based on a literary work after Goethe's 'Faust' in 1828. Strongly influenced by Goya's Caprices the plates feature deep black tones and striking contrasts magnified by the Chine paper: ""No one is unaware of the important role played by Delacroix in lithography . in the Hamlet in the Horse struck down by a tiger or better still in the Lion of the Atlas and the Royal Tiger these marvels he shows what vigor and color the lithographic pencil can acquire in the hand of a master""Henri Béraldi. Despite good reviews from Théophile Gautier and Jules Janin the Hamlet suite remained little-known from the moment of its publication by the Gihaut brothers upon Delacroix's request: ""I had them printed in small numbers and I was well advised for they were not successful and were far from having met printing costs"" wrote Delacroix in a letter to Champfleury May 1 1852. Even in the 19th-century copies on Chine paper were almost impossible to find: only twenty years after publication Philippe Burty considered the set ""so rare now"" regardless of its different issues Colonel De La Combe sale 1863. His contribution to Hamlet's visual imagination and iconography is immense. Delacroix first created the pose of Ophelia's lifeless body lying horizontally on the water - foreshadowing John Everett Millais' famous painting. It was from these lithographs that a number of his paintings were created: ""Between the 1830s and his death Delacroix also painted oil versions of a number of lithographs including Hamlet and His Mother now in the Metropolitan Museum."" Alan R. Young Hamlet and the Visual Arts 1709-1900. Delacroix showed interest in Shakespeare's theater - and Hamlet in particular - early on. As a youth he signed some of his letters ""Yorick"" when recounting his first passions for the young Englishwoman Elizabeth Salter. According to his diary studied by Luciana Lourenço Paes he probably read the play in the original English and identified with the main protagonist who inspired his ""Self-portrait as Hamlet"" now in the Musée Delacroix. In 1825 the painter traveled to London where he attended several of the Bard's plays and apparently regretted missing the Hamlet performed by the legendary Henry Keane at the Drury Lane Theater. Two years later Delacroix was among the Romantics who fell under the spell of a special performance of Hamlet at the Théâtre de l'Odéon by the English company of Covent Garden director Charles Kemble. It was the first time Shakespeare had been played in his origin Chez Gihaut frères, Edit. Boulevard des Italiens, 5 unknown
189317456AB1893. 3e édition 2 volumes off 3 Paris Plon 1893. LV 462; 2 leaves 496 pages 2 plates. Original wrappers. Uncut in original wrappers. unknown
1893052637<p>Paris: Plon-Nourrit. Near Fine. 1893. 3e Edition. Hardcover. Complete in 3 volumes with French text 452 496 488 pages this beautifully-preserved set has been rebound in sturdy black cloth with bright gold spine-titles the original front and rear wraps are bound-in also each volume features a frontis illustration Volumes 1 & 2 contain a fold-out facsimile illustration Volumes 1 & 2 subtitled "Precede D'une Etude Sur Le Maitre Par Paul Flat" which translates to "Preceded by a study on the master by Paul Flat" Volume 3 subtitled "Suivi D'une Table Alphabetique Des Noms Et Des Ouevres Cites" which translates to "Followed by an alphabetical table of names and works cited" the set is in excellent condition some mild tanning to the pages and to a small portion of the fold-outs the original wraps in volume one have a couple of shallow edge-chips the original front wrap to volume 1 has a few neat tape-mends the bindings are tight and in as new condition and the text is clean as can be .</p> Plon-Nourrit hardcover
186514621Paris: Published by A. Cadart et Luquet 79 rue de Richelieu 1865. Etching. Printed on watermarked aqua-fortistes laid paper. State i/iii before letters with artist's name and date engraved in the upper left corner of plate. Monogram in upper right corner of plate. Full sheet in excellent condition. Image size: 7 7/8 x 6 1/6 inches. This stunning image is a rich proof impression of Delacroix's famous print "Juive d'Alger."<br/> <br/> In early 1832 Delacroix visited North Africa. He accompanied his friend the Count de Mornay on his good-will mission to the Sultan of Morocco Abd-er-Rahman II. This experience had a drastic influence on his art introducing an edge of brilliant realism into his majestic paintings and bold engravings. He filled countless sketchbooks with drawings and observations of Arab life and gathered a wealth of ideas that served him for the rest of his life. This sumptuous etching is inspired by Delacroix's travels in North Africa and is considered one of his greatest prints. Assigned to the delegation as dragoman was Abraham-Ben-Chimol of Tangiers a Jew who introduced Delacroix to his wife Saada and daughter. Delacroix was greatly influenced by this encounter and he did a number of images depicting young Jewish women in simple interiors. This breathtaking image depicts a young Jewish woman in traditional dress seated in a simple room; she is accompanied by an Algerian woman who is seated on the floor beside her. The leader of the French Romantic movement Delacroix is widely considered to be one of the greatest French painters in history but he is also one the most hailed printmakers of the modern age. The simple lines and bold textures of this monumental print delineate Delacroix's genius and distinguish him as a true master of his art. This is an exceptional early impression of this important print executed before the published title and publication details were added. Included in one of the first collections of the Society de Aqua-Fortistes publications by Cadart this print is extremely rare in this early state. With its rich dark tones and fresh details this is a magnificent example of Delacroix's work and a true collector's item. Between 1862 and 1866 the Societe des Aqua-Fortistes produced a five-volume collection of artists' etchings entitled "Eaux-Fortes Modernes." Printed on laid paper made especially for the series this outstanding collection is one of the seminal publications to spring out of the etching revival in France. The Societe des Aqua-Fortistes was the French equivalent of the Etching Club in England and similarly it aimed to produce a collection of high quality etchings by the leading artists of the period. Like the Etching Club the Societe des Aqua-Fortistes sought to raise the prestige of the medium from a reproductive technique to a fine art. Although the etching revival began somewhat earlier in England the French movement exerted a far greater influence on the medium and included a wider range of prominent artists. The Barbizon painters were among the earliest French artists to participate in the etching revival and their superb prints helped raise the medium to new heights of genius. This unique publication which included works by Manet Corot and Delacroix is an outstanding example of fine art printing at its best<br/> <br/> Delteil Le Peintre-Gravure Illustre vol. III no. 18 i/iii; Beraldi Les Gravures du XIXe Siecle Guide de l'Amateur d'Estampes Modernes vol. V p. 158 i/ii. Benezit Dictionnaire des Peintres Sculpteurs Dessinateurs et Graveurs; Biographical information has been taken from the website of the National Gallery in Washington and The Metropolitan Museum in New York. Published by A. Cadart et Luquet, 79, rue de Richelieu unknown
1885211400Paris France: Charavay Freres Editeurs 1885. Hardcover. Good textblock has some cuts on side first few pages have ripped edges reinforced with tape other small tears throughout are sometimes repaired with small tape page content is otherwise good condition. Black boards with gilt text on spine. 537 pp. Some bw illustrations. "Eugene Delacroix is part of this illustrious family of mysetious artists on whom the investigation remains open forever. It belongs to this group of superior minds that the admirable philosopher R. W. Emerson named: representatives of Humanity Representative Men. But in addition he offers our sympathies an even more imperative title. Delacroix is the supreme last and highest manifestation in this century of French genius in art." - from introduction. Charavay Freres Editeurs hardcover
184077055Paris: Léon Curmer 1840. Fine. Léon Curmer Paris 1840-1842 18 x 26.50 cm 11 volumes reliés Les Français peints par eux-mêmes. Encyclopédie morale du dix-neuvième siècle Le Prisme with Les Anglais peints par eux-mêmes The French painted by themselves The English painted by themselves Léon Curmer Paris 1840-1842 18 x 265 cm 11 volumes in half morocco First edition one of the grand papier deluxe copies with two states of the illustrations for the 8 volumes of Les Français peints par eux-mêmes: one in black on tinted paper and one enhanced by hand using the so-called coloris gommé technique with watercolour and varnish on white paper. Les Anglais peints par eux-mêmes includes the engravings in black. No deluxe copies in colour have been made for this rare set of Les Français. Bound in half brown morocco spine in five compartments enhanced with stipple engraving and double gilt panels richly decorated with gilt floral motifs framing a mosaic medallion of green morocco with a gilt rose stamped in the center cartouches at the top decorated with a gilt garland framing the place and publication date some light minor rubbing on some compartments gilt fillets on the marbled paper boards comb-patterned endpapers top edges gilt. Elegant late nineteenth century bindings signed Durvand-Thiret. Complete with all engravings along with added engravings i.e. 930 engravings including 415 in colour. Title pages dated 1841 for all volumes of Les Français except for volume 5 of Les Parisiens and volume 3 of La Province dated 1842. Les Français peints par eux-mêmes has 415 engravings in black including that of Napoleon on horseback instead of the 405 announced and 415 in colour including a double page map of France in volume III of the Province. The English volume illustrated by Kenny Meadous is complete with 100 plates in black. This unique set contains in total almost a thousand black and coloured engravings and more than 1500 in-text illustrations. Famous gallery of woodcut portraits depicting the social classes of the 19th century by the greatest artists of the time: Gavarni Daumier Delacroix Grandville Johannot Bellangé Charlet Daubigny etc. The portraits are all accompanied by original texts from the most famous Romantic authors including: Balzac Nodier Gautier Nerval Gozlan Janin Karr etc. Scarce foxing affecting mainly the Prism and the Anglais. The texts and illustrations of the book paint a lively picture of inhabitants and their trade in metropolitan France and its colonies. It sets the tone for panoramic literature a new genre coined by Walter Benjamin in Charles Baudelaire. A lyric poet at the height of capitalism. In addition to these portraits of the Français the contribution of a whole areopagus of great and small authors and illustrators S. Le Men La 'littérature panoramique' dans la genèse de la Comédie Humaine: Balzac et Les Français peints par eux-mêmes L'Année balzacienne 2002/1 No. 3 CAIRN includes some of the most renowned authors and cartoonists of the time each of whom made an original creation for the project. This protean fresco was directed by editor Léon Curmer already known for the publishing success of Paul et Virginie between 1836 and 1838. Curmer is represented here by an article L'éditeur in volume IV written by Elias Regnault. The latter takes example in Louis-Sebastien Mercier's Tableau de Paris published in 1781 whose vision is even further extended by the representation of French provinces in Les Français. Thanks to Curmer the work finds an even deeper meaning: the editor has widened his frame and instead of letting a few fleeting portraits get lost in the immense daily whirlwind that engulfs all things he has sought to bring together the most salient physiognomies of that time. S. Le Men Ibid. Curmer selected the authors and illustrators closest to the ones they depict: It is therefore a question of calling upon authors and illustrators who are wel Léon Curmer hardcover
1837894P35Paris: Gaume Freres 1837. Leather. Very Good. 5.5" by 3.5". None. A very scarce French textbook on the wonders of nature a concise and educational work. The second edition of this very scarce work. The only record of this work being held institutionally is at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France.In the original French.A study on the wonders of nature in which the author presents concise explanations for a variety of natural occurrences and phenomena.With chapters on the elements earthquakes mountains the position of the sun the moon eclipses the sea and her use and more as well as notes on the nature of humans such as vision gout spirit the creation of man man's dignity and the difference between men and animals. Half-title is present.Written by Frederic-Titeux Delacroix. Ink inscription to the front paste down dated 1837. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally generally smart with light rubbing to the spine and extremities and lighter rubbing to the boards resulting in a small patch of loss to the tail of the rear board. A few very light marks to the boards. Minor bumping to the extremities. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with the occasional scattered spot. Faint tide mark to the bottom edge a little heavier to the final 40 pages of text. Very Good Gaume Freres hardcover
1852713631852. Fine. 13 septembre 1852 12.20 x 19 cm une feuille Long autograph letter signed by the archaeologist and curator of antiquities at the Louvre Museum Adrien de Longpérier to a journalist 4 pages on a folded sheet. In this fascinating letter about Eugène Delacroix the curator of Egyptian antiquities Longpérier castigates a journalist author of a harsh critique of the painter's ceiling at the Galerie d'Apollon in the Louvre: ""mais quand il s'agit seulement d'un plafond fait pour une galerie roccoco quand du reste j'ai reconnu que cet ouvrage produit un excellent effet décoratif que le ton général est parfaitement adapté à la place et qu'outre cela le tableau contient un certain noombre de détails traités avec un véritable talent je ne vois pas la nécessité d'aller attaquer très vivement très rudement non seulement l'oeuvre mais encore la personne de l'artiste"" ""but when it concerns merely a ceiling made for a rococo gallery when moreover I have recognized that this work produces an excellent decorative effect that the general tone is perfectly adapted to the place and that besides this the painting contains a certain number of details treated with real talent I do not see the necessity of going to attack very vigorously very harshly not only the work but also the person of the artist"". Delacroix had created a composition entitled Apollon terrassant Python for the gallery built under Louis XIV and newly restored under the Second Republic. In the midst of the Romantics' quarrel Longpérier also mentions Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres himself the author of a ceiling at the Louvre L'apothéose d'Homère: ""Comme vous avez l'imprudence de mettre le plafond d'Homère en parallèle avec celui d'Apollon vous n'eussiez pas pu empêcher que dans la discussion on ne s'en prit à votre vénérable ami. Croyez vous que si Ingres qui aime si peu la discussion vous eu su un bien grand gré de ces horizons que vous lui eussiez procurés . Imaginez-vous que vous ayez fait le sacrifice d'une somme assez considérable pour fonder un journal et que je vous apporte un article violent contre M. Ingres Je dis : imaginez car je suis moi un admirateur de M. Ingres et n'ai en aucune manière envie de le critiquer . Iriez-vous donner aide à celui qui voudrait le combattre "" ""Since you have the imprudence to put Homer's ceiling in parallel with that of Apollo you could not have prevented that in the discussion people would attack your venerable friend. Do you believe that if Ingres who so dislikes discussion would have been very grateful to you for these horizons that you would have provided him . Imagine that you had made the sacrifice of a considerable sum to found a journal and that I bring you a violent article against M. Ingres I say: imagine for I am myself an admirer of M. Ingres and have no desire whatsoever to criticize him . Would you go to aid the one who would want to fight him"". Ingres the painter representing the classical school had his preference unlike Delacroix the Romantic whose style he did not appreciate but whose human qualities he nevertheless recognized: ""J'ai reconnu que c'est un homme très doux très poli fort instruit et fort modeste . Je parle de l'homme ; quant à ses oeuvres elles sont plus ou moins bonnes. Il y en a même de fort mauvaises"" ""I have recognized that he is a very gentle man very polite well educated and very modest . I speak of the man; as for his works they are more or less good. There are even some very bad ones"". Longpérier speaks at length about the restoration work at the Louvre led by the architect Félix Duban who supervised the renovation of the Galerie d'Apollon and other major projects: ""Je verrais avec grand plaisir que vous fissiez sentir le mérite de la restauration de la galerie d'Apollon de la façade du jardin de l'infante de la façade d'Henri IV sur le quai et du plafond de la Salle des sept cheminées décoré avec tout de goût de f unknown
187828585Paris: Quantin 1878. Quantin unknown
187830347Paris: A. Quantin 1878. Original wrappers paperback xx394 pp.: portr. 2x facs. fold-out lithograph plate in color; 26x17 cm. Uncut unopened. "Bibliothèque de l'Art et de la Curiosité" Text in French spine slightly folded some minor spots protection paper of lithograph plate bit damaged because because he was stuck to the plate Although in very good original condition see picture. Limited edition: '50 exemplaires sur papier de Hollande numérotés. Exemplaire No 30' A. Quantin paperback
186872798BesanÂon : Imprimerie Dodivers 1868. 225145mm. 1 plan dÂŽp. des thermes brochÂŽ. DÂŽchirures au dos intÂŽrieur propre. Envoi de lÕauteur sur page de garde. Ex libris. 162 Imprimerie Dodivers unknown
18281166<p>1828. Lithograph. L. Delteil 67 iv/vi after the address of Villain. Image: 10 x 7¼. Margins: 15½ x 11. Flaws in the margins. From the set of 17 illustrations to Goethe's Faust published 1828.</p> Villain
1863Dela1<p><b>DELACROIX Eugène 1798-1863</b></p><p>Autograph letter signed <i>" E Delacroix "</i> to an unknown recipientParis 6 rue de Fürstenberg 15 July 18631 page in-8 on double sheet.Fold marks some light stains.</p><p><b>Moving letter from Delacroix one of his very last ones less than a month before his passing</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><i>"Monsieur <b>Je garde la chambre et suis dans l'impossibilité de sortir.</b> Je désirerais que vous ayez la bonté de faire suivant l'usage un certificat de vie qui dans ces occasions demandent je crois votre intervention particulière. C'est une rente sur la national. Ayez monsieur les assurances de ma considération la plus distinguée. E Delacroix"</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Delacroix's health had considerably deteriorated at the beginning of July 1863 evidenced here by an unprecise writing. The following week he would confess to his long term friend George Sand "<i>Writing is for me unbearable</i>" . He would pass away on August 13th 1863.</p><p>This letter is not published in the general correspondence by Joubin.</p>
1880179399Paris: Chez l'Auteur 1880. Hardcover. Good pages are very brittle with beginning pages loose from binding age toning to pages as expected but pages are otherwise clear. Light shelfwear/staining to boards. Green cloth boards with gilt spine lettering 25 pages 1 folded leaf of plates bw illustrations. Text is in French. Text and designs by Alfred Robaut. A rare volume. Chez l'Auteur hardcover
185884082Paris: Pierre Petit 1858. Fine. Pierre Petit Paris 1858 6 x 10.40 cm une feuille An original albumen carte-de-visite photograph of Eugène Delacroix depicting the artist seated in a chair his most famous portrait. The session at Pierre Petits studio yielded multiple poses; variants of this print survive at the Musée dOrsay and the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York. Mounted on card with Pierre Petits signature in the lower margin and his studio advertisement on the verso. Pierre Petit unknown
186071194Paris: Carjat et Cie 1860. Fine. Carjat et Cie Paris s. d. circa 1860 6 x 10.30 cm une photographie Photographic portrait of Eugène Delacroix Carjat et Cie Paris n.d. circa 1860 6 x 10.3 cm photograph Original photograph on albumin paper in a visiting-card format laid down on card. Foxing. Very rare copy of this photograph only found at Carnavalet Louvre and Orsay museums. Carjat et Cie unknown
