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| Keywords: Delacroix-Nohant.jpg Artwork Q19911661 Creator Eugène Delacroix During the 1840s Delacroix made three summer visits to Nohant in central France where he stayed at the country home of his friend the writer Aurore Dudevant better known by her pseudonym George Sand This verdant view on the south side of the house whose focal point is a simple stone table or bench was preceded by a pencil sketch that probably dates to 1842 or 1843 Musée Carnavalet Paris One of Delacroix's rare pure landscapes Pendant les années 1840 Delacroix fit trois séjours en été dans le domaine de George Sand Le banc en pierre occupe une position centrale entre l'espace couvert du premier plan et la clairière au fond à gauche Un dessin préalable est exposé au Musée Carnavalet à Paris 1840s oil canvas cm 45 4 55 2 institution Metropolitan Museum of Art On view in Gallery 801 accession number 22 27 4 object history credit line Purchase Dikran G Kelekian Gift 1922 exhibition history http //images metmuseum org/CRDImages/ep/original/DT2003 jpg public domain PD-old-70-1923 Domaine de Nohant Eugène Delacroix | ||||
