Creator(s):
- madrazo y garetta, raimundo de (en 1841 - en 1920), peintre
- delacroix, eugène (saint-maurice, 26–04–1798 - paris, 13–08–1863), auteur du modèle
production date: before 1871
century: xix century
object type(s): painting
type(s): painting
dimensions:
diamètre: 167 cm
description: circular painting. Markings, inscriptions, punches: signature - bottom center, on the base: "after delacroix / madrazo". Iconographical description: peace comes to console men and brings them abundance. Reduced copy of the central part of the ceiling of the peace hall of the hôtel de ville, painted by delacroix and disappeared in the fire of 1871. Allegory. Cybele, discord with snakes, mars with shield and sword, furies, ceres, crowned with spikes. Cornucopia. Olive branch, love, crown of flowers, jupiter
historical background: the decorative paintings by delacroix for the salon de la paix were executed between 1852 and 1854. They were destroyed on may 24, 1871, during the fire at the hôtel de ville (paris commune). Acquisition name: madrazo (madame)
acquisition date: 1936
museum number: p1882
institution: musée carnavalet, histoire de paris.
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