The Shipwreck of Don Juan
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| Artist | Eugène Delacroix |
| Year | 1840 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 135 cm × 196 cm (53 in × 77 in) |
| Location | Louvre, Paris |
The Shipwreck of Don Juan is an 1840 oil painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix.[1] It depicts a scene from Lord Byron epic poem Don Juan.[2] Don Juan and others are adrift in the Mediterranean in a ship's boat following a shipwreck.
It was exhibited at the Salon of 1841. Today it is in the collection of the Louvre in Paris, having been acquired in 1883.[3] A much earlier sketch of the seven by Delacroix is held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.[4]
References
- ^ Néret p.14
- ^ Allard & Fabre p 166
- ^ "LE NAUFRAGE DE DON JUAN". pop.culture.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-06.
- ^ Delacroix, Eugene (1820s), The Shipwreck of Don Juan: A Sketch, retrieved 2025-02-06
Bibliography
- Allard, Sébastien & Fabre, Côme. Delacroix. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018.
- Alston, Isabella. Delacroix. TAJ Books International, 2014.
- Davies, Elspeth. Portrait of Delacroix. Pentland Press, 1994.
- Néret, Gilles. Delacroix. Taschen, 2000.
