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| Keywords: Eugène Delacroix - Marphise - Walters 3710.jpg In his epic poem Orlando Furioso Ludovico Ariosto relates how Marphise the woman warrior knocks the knight Pinabello off his horse after his lady had mocked Marphise's companion the old woman Gabrina In this scene Pinabello lies on the ground and his horse gallops off in the distance The knight's lady meanwhile is forced to disrobe and give her fancy clothing to Gabrina Marphise's horse undisturbed by the drama nonchalantly munches on the leaves overhead Late in life Delacroix frequently drew such subjects from 16th-century Italian literature particularly from the works of Ludovico Ariosto and Torquato Tasso In this late work the artist has typically suppressed the delineation of the contours of the figures and relied on small strokes of unblended pigments to model their forms 1852 Oil on canvas cm 82 101 ; Framed cm 116 8 137 2 13 3 accession number 37 10 35788 Bonnet date of acquisition unknown by purchase Bonnet Collection Sale February 19 1853 no 9 Bulloz 1853 by purchase Anonymous Sale Hotel Drouot May 20 1881 Collection Balay ca 1885 mode of acquisition unknown Knoedler Co New York 1904 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1904 Signature Lower left Eug Delacroix; Date Lower left 1852 Eugène Delacroix Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Madrid; Kunsthaus Zürich Zurich; Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie Frankfurt am Main 1987-1988 From Ingres to Gauguin French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1951 Inaugural Exhibition at the Fort Worth Art Center Fort Worth Art Center Fort Worth 1954 Delacroix les dernières années Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia; Galeries nationales du Grand Palais Paris 1998-1999 Delacroix The Music of Painting Ordrupgaard Charlottenlund 2000 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 2D Paintings by Eugène Delacroix 19th-century paintings location missing Paintings with signatures lower left Paintings with years of production artist Orlando Furioso 1852 paintings Paintings of men on horseback | ||||
