- Title:
- The Muse of Orpheus
- Object name(s):
- Ricketts and Shannon Collection; painting; painting
- Collection:
- Fitzwilliam Museum
- Acquisition date:
- 1937
- Acquisition method:
- bequeathed
- Acquisition source:
- Shannon, Charles Haslewood
- Content - concept:
- painting
- Content - person:
- porttrait of a man
- Person's association:
- reference
- Credit line:
- The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
- Dimension:
- Depth
- Dimension measured part:
- Frame
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 5.5
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- Frame
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 37.4
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- Frame
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 44.4
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- Canvas
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 21.3
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- Canvas
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 25.5
- Inscription content:
- 820 p
- Inscription method:
- Christie stencil
- Inscription position:
- verso
- Inscription type:
- stencil
- Inscription content:
- 572
- Inscription method:
- white chalk
- Inscription position:
- verso
- Inscription type:
- number
- Inscription content:
- Sapph. Bibliotheque du Luxembourg
- Inscription method:
- MS label in Rickett's handwriting
- Inscription position:
- verso
- Inscription type:
- label
- Inscription content:
- Messrs Ricketts & Shannon
- Inscription method:
- circular MS label
- Inscription position:
- verso
- Inscription type:
- label
- Object component name:
- Support
- Object component information:
- paper
- Object component name:
- Frame
- Object component name:
- Canvas
- Object name:
- Ricketts and Shannon Collection; painting; painting
- Object number:
- 2035
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1845
- Date - latest:
- 1847
- Object production note:
- This is a study for one of the four pendentives in the library of the Palais du Luxembourg (Senate), Paris.
- Object production person:
- Delacroix, Eugène
- Person's association:
- painter
- Other number:
- 2035
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- 2616
- Other number type:
- priref
- Other number:
- https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/2616
- Other number type:
- uri
- Reproduction format:
- jpeg
- Reproduction number:
- media-202606
- Reproduction number:
- media-7899
- Reproduction number:
- media-232121593
- Reproduction number:
- media-1489631221
- Reproduction type:
- image
- Responsible department/section:
- Paintings, Drawings and Prints
- Style:
- French
- Technique:
- painting (image-making)
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- User's reference:
- Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. I, French, German and Spanish
- Reference details:
- 164-165
- Reference note:
- pl. 88
- Reference type:
- reference
- User's reference:
- The Public Decorations and their Sketches
- Reference details:
- 107-108
- Reference note:
- cat. no. 568, reproduced pl. 42
- Reference type:
- reference
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/42817181-4402-374c-bffb-449f49e7c26c
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/42817181-4402-374c-bffb-449f49e7c26c, Fitzwilliam Museum, CC 0
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