The Sister of Duguesclin — About This Work
Eugène Delacroix, 1829
About the Work
A woman carrying a raised torch and dagger strides through the dark interior. Another figure hides her face nearby, while an armoured figure sits against the masonry.
The lithograph was issued in 1829 by H. Gaugain & Co. and Engelman Graff, Coindet & Co. Cleveland catalogues it as lithography with chine collé, a technique that places a fine paper bearing the image onto a heavier sheet.
The museum records a sheet of 30.7 × 43 cm and a smaller image area of 20.1 × 25.2 cm. The authorised sheet-scale presentation is kept distinct from the internal image measurement.
The Work
Artist: Eugène Delacroix
Title: The Sister of Duguesclin
Date: 1829
Medium: Lithograph with chine collé
Recorded dimensions: 30.7 × 43 cm (W × H)
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession number: 1961.305
Print & Presentation
Palatine presentation: 40 × 50 cm Classic Frame, portrait.
The complete artwork is reproduced at its recorded scale, subject only to negligible whole-pixel rounding, without enlargement, reduction, cropping or distortion. The surrounding white presentation area accommodates the artwork within the framed presentation and is incorporated into the print rather than added as a separate mount.
Frame finishes: Black, White or Natural.
Paper & glazing: Enhanced Matte + Perspex; or Enhanced Matte + Moth-Eye.
Why Original Scale?
Most art-print shops offer the same image in a choice of Small, Medium and Large sizes. We take a different approach. For each edition, we begin with the recorded dimensions of the original work and reproduce the complete image at that scale, preserving its proportions and avoiding enlargement, reduction, cropping or distortion.
Source: Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0.
Care: Display in a dry interior away from prolonged direct sunlight and sources of moisture.
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