Jules-Elie Delaunay

42 artworks

French Academic painter, portraitist and pastellist

Born 1828 - Died 1891

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Peste à Rome

The Plague of Rome

1869

Oil on canvas

131 x 176 cms | 51 ^1/2 x 69 ^1/4 ins

1 MPs

César dans la barque

Caesar in the Boat

5 MPs

Abduction

Oil on canvas

Private collection

less than 1 MP

Sapho embrassant sa lyre

Sapho Kissing Her Lyre

Musee de Brest Brest | France

6 MPs

The Reapers

less than 1 MP

Young woman with sword

less than 1 MP

Mme. Georges Bizet

1878

Oil on canvas

104 x 75 cms | 40 ^3/4 x 29 ^1/2 ins

Private collection

less than 1 MP

The Virgin Crowned

Pastel on paper

27.9 x 20.3 cms | 10 ^3/4 x 7 ^3/4 ins

Public collection

less than 1 MP

Jules-Élie Delaunay

c. 1857-c. 1861

less than 1 MP

+ 1 more

Ophelia

1882

10 MPs

Portrait of Mrs. Charles L. Hutchinson

1890

Oil on canvas

31 x 23 cms | 12 x 9 ins

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

7 MPs

d'assemblée générale du Conseil d'État - Justice

General Assembly of the Council of State - Justice

6 MPs

Salle d'assemblée générale du Conseil d'État - Cultes

General Assembly Hall of the Council of State - Worship

6 MPs

Sketch for "La Peste à Rome"

Sketch for "The Plague in Rome"

1859

62 x 75 cms | 24 ^1/4 x 29 ^1/2 ins

1 MPs

Philétas instruisant Daphnis et Chloé

Philetas Instructing Daphnis and Chloe

c. 1875

Oil on canvas

149 x 149 cms | 58 ^1/2 x 58 ^1/2 ins

Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris Paris | France

27 MPs

Esquisse pour l'église Saint François Xavier : Daniel

Sketch for the Church of Saint Francis Xavier: Daniel

c. 1875

Oil on canvas

74 x 79.5 cms | 29 x 31 ^1/4 ins

Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris Paris | France

24 MPs

Esquisse pour l'église Saint François Xavier : Ezéchiel

Sketch for the Church of Saint Francis Xavier: Ezekiel

1875

Oil on canvas

74 x 79.5 cms | 29 x 31 ^1/4 ins

Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris Paris | France

27 MPs

Esquisse pour l'église Saint François Xavier : Isaïe

Sketch for the Church of Saint Francis Xavier: Isaiah

1875

Oil on canvas

74 x 79.5 cms | 29 x 31 ^1/4 ins

Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris Paris | France

27 MPs

Esquisse pour l'église Saint François Xavier : Jérémie

Sketch for the Church of Saint Francis Xavier: Jeremiah

c. 1875

Oil on canvas

74 x 79.5 cms | 29 x 31 ^1/4 ins

Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris Paris | France

24 MPs

Christ en croix

Christ on the Cross

1881

Oil on canvas

196 x 148 cms | 77 x 58 ^1/4 ins

Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris Paris | France

17 MPs

Le Droit Coutumier

Customary Law

1881

Oil on canvas

151 x 67.5 cms | 59 ^1/4 x 26 ^1/2 ins

Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris Paris | France

14 MPs

Attila marchant avec son armée sur Paris

Attila and His Army Marching on Paris (detail)

Fresco

Panthéon Paris | France

less than 1 MP

Le Droit Ecrit

Written Law

1881

Oil on canvas

150 x 67.5 cms | 59 x 26 ^1/2 ins

Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris Paris | France

14 MPs

Autoportrait de Jules-Élie Delaunay

Self-portrait by Jules-Élie Delaunay

c. 1860

less than 1 MP

Portrait de William Busnach

Portrait of William Busnach

1883

Oil on canvas

81.5 x 72 cms | 32 x 28 ^1/4 ins

Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris Paris | France

22 MPs

Apollon recevant la lyre des mains de la Musique

Apollo Receiving the Lyre From the Hands of Music

c. 1870

50.6 x 61.2 cms | 19 ^3/4 x 24 ins

Musée Carnavalet Paris | France

6 MPs

Étude d'homme nu assis

Seated Naked Man Study

1870

less than 1 MP

Studies of Horses

1848-1891

Graphite, with ink wash and touches of gouache, on buff wove paper

222 x 267 cms | 87 ^1/4 x 105 ins

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

8 MPs

Study of a Horse and Rider

1869-1879

Charcoal, with touches of gouache, on tan China paper

210 x 153 cms | 82 ^1/2 x 60 ins

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

7 MPs

Étude de nu

Nude Study

c. 1870

less than 1 MP

Male Figure Kneeling

1869-1879

Red chalk on buff wove paper

287 x 210 cms | 112 ^3/4 x 82 ^1/2 ins

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

7 MPs

Étude

Study

1870

less than 1 MP

Étude de nus masculins

Study of Male Nudes

1870

less than 1 MP

Study of a Standing Draped Figure

1850-1860

Graphite on tan wove paper

317 x 121 cms | 124 ^3/4 x 47 ^1/2 ins

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

3 MPs

Étude Homme

Male Study

5 MPs

Seated Academic Nude

1850-1860

Graphite on cream wove paper

310 x 217 cms | 122 x 85 ^1/4 ins

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

7 MPs

Study for "Instruction Publique"

1868-1878

Charcoal on off white wove paper

257 x 210 cms | 101 x 82 ^1/2 ins

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

7 MPs

Dante's Purgatory

1852-1862

Pen and brown ink on tan wove paper

190 x 167 cms | 74 ^3/4 x 65 ^1/2 ins

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

7 MPs

Group of Portrait and Compositional Studies

1848-1891

Pen and ink and graphite on paper

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

9 MPs

Study for Resurrection

1850-1860

Graphite on ivory China paper

198 x 173 cms | 77 ^3/4 x 68 ins

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

8 MPs

The Torment of Ixion

1871-1881

Graphite on tan wove paper, squared for transfer

235 x 280 cms | 92 ^1/2 x 110 ins

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago | United States

8 MPs