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This is a painting of a crowded hall or theater filled with motion and tension. Various people are depicted in dramatic poses within a grand, dimly-lit interior space with draped ceilings. Some figures hold weapons or point, adding to the chaos. The scene suggests an upheaval inside what appears to be an assembly hall, with galleries above filled with onlookers. The detailed figures convey a sense of energy and intensity within the crowded space.
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This is a painting of a crowded hall or theater filled with motion and tension. Various people are depicted in dramatic poses within a grand, dimly-lit interior space with draped ceilings. Some figures hold weapons or point, adding to the chaos. The scene suggests an upheaval inside what appears to be an assembly hall, with galleries above filled with onlookers. The detailed figures convey a sense of energy and intensity within the crowded space.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Boissy d'Anglas présidant la Convention le 1er Prairial An III

Félix Bracquemond after Eugène Delacroix

Date
1882
Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 41.4 x 51.4 cm (16 5/16 x 20 1/4 in.) sheet: 45.1 x 58.4 cm (17 3/4 x 23 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2004.166.6
Credit line
Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • etching
  • drypoint
  • history
  • secular
Provenance

Frank Anderson Trapp [1922-2005], Amherst, MA; gift to NGA, 2004.

Inscription

lower left: E. DELACROIX PINXT; lower center: Imp A Salmon / BOISSY D'ANGLAS PRÉSIDANT LA CONVENTION LE 1ER PRAIRIAL AN III; lower right: BRACQUEMOND ACQUF.

NGA object ID 130926. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.