Eugène DELACROIX (Paris 1798-1863) Study for the Sultan of Morocco Abd-Er-Rahman leaving his palace in Meknes, circa 1845 Brush and brown wash on grey-blue paper Study for the sultan Abd-Er-Rahman, brush and brown wash, by E. Delacroix 7.87 x 8.26 in. 20 x 21 cm Provenance: Sale of the artist's studio; Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 1864, its stamp (L.838a) lower left, probably part of lot 351 of the sale; Maurice Gobin Collection (1883-1962); Then by descent; Private collection, Ile-de-France Exhibitions : Delacroix: le voyage au Maroc, Paris, Institut du monde arabe, 27 September 1994 - 15 January 1995, no. 81, p. 209, repr. Bibliography: Lee Johnson, The paintings of Eugène Delacroix, A critical catalogue, Oxford, 1986, no. 369 Maurice Arama, Eugène Delacroix Le voyage au Maroc, Paris, 1992, tome VI, p. 182, repr. The final painting is in the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse (no. 2004 1 99, fig. 1), the painted sketch in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon (no. DG 86). A set of preparatory drawings for this ambitious composition was shown in the 1994-1995 exhibition (see Johnson, op. cit., nos. 75 to 83). This brush drawing is one of the rare sketches on blue paper by Delacroix. The brush sketch smoothly renders the main compositional lines of the group of figures. Eugène DELACROIX (Paris 1798-1863) 20 x 21 cm The final painting is in the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse (no. 2004 1 99, fig. 1), the painted sketch in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon (no. DG 86). A set of preparatory drawings for this ambitious composition was shown in the 1994-1995 exhibition (see Johnson, op. cit., nos. 75 to 83). This brush drawing is one of the rare sketches on blue paper by Delacroix. The brush sketch smoothly renders the main compositional lines of the group of figures.