EUGÈNE DELACROIX (Charenton, 1798-Paris, 1863) ELOQUENCE (CICÉRON); THEOLOGY (SAINT JÉRÔME) Pen and brown ink, oil on paper pasted on panel Lifts and small marks; fragmentary frames Eloquence (Cicero) ; Theology (Saint Jerome), Pen and brown ink, oil on paper pasted on panel, lifts and small dents ; fragmentary frames 17,2 x 20,7 CM - 6,8 x 8,1 IN. These two sketches are part of a suite of 4 figures for pendants in the Luxembourg library (Orpheus, Aristotle, Cicero and Saint Jerome), painted by Delacroix in 1841-1846. PROVENANCE Sale of the Delacroix studio in February 1864, lot n°10 (the 4); Sale in Paris, Haro & fils collection, 30 May 1892, lots n°86 & 87 (or 66 & 67) the 4 sold for 820fr ; Sale in Paris, Haro Père, peintre-expert, 2 April 1897, lots 123 & 124 (300 fr the pair); Edgar Degas sale, Paris, 26 March 1918, lots 35 and 36. Sold to M. Belot; Sale Lyon Presqu'île, Mes Chenu, Scrive et Bérard, 13-15 June 2009, (Expert Patrice Dubois). EXHIBITION Paris 1864, Société nationale des Beaux-arts, works by Eugène Delacroix, part of no V 56 (Haro collection); Paris 1885, École des Beaux-arts Exhibition Eugène Delacroix, nos 102-103 (Haro collection). BIBLIOGRAPHY A. Robaut, L'œuvre complet d'Eugène Delacroix, Paris 1885, nos. 965, 966; L. Johnson, The paintings of Eugène Delacroix, Oxford 1989, Vol V, p. 108, S11 and S12, Vol VI Pl. 43