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| Keywords: Eugène Delacroix - Christ on the Sea of Galilee - Walters 37186.jpg This scene is based on an incident recounted in three Gospels of the New Testament a furious storm breaks out while Jesus and his disciples sail across the Sea of Galilee to spread Christ's message To the disciples' amazement Jesus calms the wind and the storm dramatizing the power of Christian belief Delacroix produced multiple variations on this theme in 1853 and 1854 when this particular biblical subject became popular with French Catholics during the reign of Louis-Napoléon r 1852-70 1854 Oil on canvas cm 59 8 73 3 ; Framed H with build-up 35 3/4 x W 40 11/16 x D 5 3/4 in 90 81 x 103 35 x 14 61 cm accession number 37 186 40613 Sale by the artist Beugniet date and mode of acquisition unknown Tabourier date and mode of acquisition unknown Troyon date and mode of acquisition unknown Viot Sale Paris May 25 1886 no 2 Levesque date and mode of acquisition unknown William T Walters Baltimore 1889 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1889 Signature Lower right Eug Delacroix; Date Lower right 54 Eugène Delacroix Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Madrid; Kunsthaus Zürich Zurich; Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie Frankfurt am Main 1987-1988 The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 Masterpieces 19th Century Seattle Art Museum Seattle 1951 From Ingres to Gauguin French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1951 From El Greco to Pollock Early and Late Works by European and American Artists Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1968 From Delacroix to Cézanne French Watercolor Landscapes of the Nineteenth Century Art Gallery University of Maryland College Park; Speed Art Museum Louisville; The University of Michigan Museum of Art Ann Arbor 1977-1978 Eugène Delacroix 1798 1863 Paintings Drawings and Prints from North American Collections The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 1991 Delacroix les dernières années Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia; Galeries nationales du Grand Palais Paris 1998-1999 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1999-2000 Triumph of French Painting Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Norton Museum of Art West Palm Beach; Royal Academy of Arts London; Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo; Dayton Art Institute Dayton 2000-2002 A Magnificent Age Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Baltimore The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2002-2004 Manet and the Sea The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago; Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia; Amsterdam Van Gogh Museum AJ Amsterdam 2003-2004 Déjà Vu Revealing Repetition in French Masterpieces The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Phoenix Art Museum Phoenix 2007-2008 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Jack S Blanton Museum of Art Austin 2010-2011 Eugène Delacroix Fundación la Caixa Barcelona; Fundación la Caixa Barcelona 2011-2012 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 2D Religious paintings by Eugène Delacroix French paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1850s paintings from France 1854 paintings Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet | ||||
