ID: 700008603 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008603	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Natchez (painting (visual work); Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863); 1823/1824 and 1835; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 1989.328; )

Note: In 1823, Delacroix began to paint this scene from Chateaubriand’s widely read Romantic novel Atala, which narrates the fate of the Natchez tribe in the wake of the French and Indian War (1754–63). After putting the canvas aside for about a decade, he finally completed the picture for the Paris Salon of 1835. In the catalogue, Delacroix provided this explanatory note: "Fleeing the massacre of their tribe, two young savages traveled up the Mississippi River. During the voyage, the woman was taken by pain of labor. The moment is that when the father holds the newborn in his hands, and both regard him tenderly."

Titles:

The Natchez (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Scene from Chateaubriand’s Atala (C,U,DE,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1823/1824 and 1835

Creator Display:

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863) [preferred,VP]

painter Delacroix, Eugène (French painter, 1798-1863) [500115509]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1989.328

Credit Line: Purchase, Gifts of George N. and Helen M. Richard and Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh and Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, by exchange, 1989

Address Note: On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 801

Display Materials: Oil on canvas

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

Dimensions: 35 1/2 x 46 in. (90.2 x 116.8 cm)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Romantic (modern European styles) [300172863] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

genre

Specific Subjects:

	Atala, ou Les Amours de deux sauvages dans le desert [901001414]
	.....((Literary works: Prose (novels, etc.), Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	Natchez (culture or style) [300120077]
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The, Pre-Columbian (American), <Pre-Columbian North American styles and periods>, Pre-Columbian North American styles, Pre-Columbian Eastern North American styles, Pre-Columbian Mississippi Valley styles, Pre-Columbian Lower Mississippi Valley styles) (AAT)

	family (kinship group) [300055474]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, social groups, kinship groups) (AAT)

Provenance: the artist, Paris (until 1837; possibly sold for Fr 1,200 to baron Charles Rivet; lottery, Lyons, 1837 or 1838, possibly won by Paturle); Monsieur Paturle (until 1872; his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 28, 1872, no. 7, for Fr 19,000 to Febvre); [Alexis Joseph Febvre, Paris, from 1872]; Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris (until 1877; his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 30, 1877, no. 25, for Fr 7,100); Paul Demidoff, principe di San Donato, Florence and St. Petersburg (in 1878); Monsieur Perreau (until 1881; sold on October 24, for Fr 6,000, to Goupil); [Goupil & Cie, Paris, 1881–87; stock no. 15678; their sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 25, 1887, no. 44, for Fr 5,000 to Escribe for Boussod, Valadon, probably bought in and sold for the same price to Guillot]; Edmond Guillot, Paris (until 1888; sold on December 31 for Fr 6,500 to Boussod, Valadon); [Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Paris, 1888; stock no. 19615, sold on December 31, for Fr 8,400, to Michel]; F. Michel (from 1888); Philippe George, Aÿ, France (until 1891; his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 2, 1891, no. 17, for Fr 15,600); his widow, Mme Philippe George (until 1898; sold on May 16 to Durand-Ruel); [Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1898–99; stock no. 4666; sold on January 26, 1899 to Bernheim-Jeune]; [Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, from 1899]; Monsieur Bessonneau, Angers (by 1916); his son-in-law(?), Monsieur Frappier (by 1923); Mme Frappier (by 1923–at least 1930); sale, former collection Bessonneau d'Angers, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, June 15, 1954, no. 31, for Fr 3,700,000 to Reid & Lefevre; [Reid & Lefevre, London, 1954–at least 1956]; Lord and Lady Walston, Thriplow, Cambridge (by 1959–89; on loan to National Gallery, London, April 1988–May 1989; sale, Christie's, New York, November 14, 1989, no. 31, to MMA)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
The Natchez	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
Scene from Chateaubriand’s Atala	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) [as description, not title]

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)