19th Century French Drawings from the Louvre On View at the Morgan Library & Museum

artwork: Eugène Delacroix  - "Death of Sardanapalus", 1828 - Oil on canvas - Louvre, Paris - A sheet of preparatory studies related to this painting captures the energetic development of key figures in the scene above is displayed at the Morgan Library.


NEW YORK, NY.- This fall The Morgan Library & Museum
hosts an exhibition of eighty of the Musée du Louvre’s finest drawings by artists working in France from the onset of the Revolution in 1789 through the establishment of the Second Empire in 1852. David, Delacroix, and Revolutionary France: Drawings from the Louvre, which runs through December 31st, offers an unprecedented opportunity to experience the mastery of Corot, David, Delacroix, Géricault, Ingres, Prud’hon, and other celebrated artists of the era. The Louvre rarely allows so many major drawings from its famed collection to travel. The Morgan is the sole venue for this exhibition. Visit : http://www.themorgan.org/home.asp

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