p3912

ARTIST: Eugène Delacroix (France, 1798-1863)

TITLE OF WORK: Arab dancer (Danseur arabe)

TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pen and brown ink

DATE: 1832

DIMENSIONS: 19 x 15.4 cm

COMMENTS: Delacroix noted in his diary on 16/04/1832: "Les nègres qui sont venus danser au consulat et par la ville". This leads to believe that this study was made together with another one, kept in the Louvre

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Morocco

DANCE FORM: traditional