Basket of Flowers, 1848–49, Oil on canvas, 42 1/4 x 56 in. (107.3 x 142.2 cm), Paintings, Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris), Given the social and political unrest in post-revolutionary Paris, Delacroix retreated to his country house, Champrosay, in September 1848. There he undertook a series of flower paintings, intended for the Salon of 1849, that he hoped would capture the variety and profusion of garden flowers
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Basket, Flowers, 1848–49, Oil, canvas, 42 1/4 x 56, 107.3 142.2 cm, Paintings, Eugène Delacroix, French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice, 1798–1863, Paris, Given, social, political unrest, post-revolutionary Paris, Delacroix retreated, country house, Champrosay, September 1848, undertook, series, flower paintings, intended, Salon, 1849, hoped, capture, variety, profusion, garden flowers
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