Composition sketch for the former bezel 'Hercules frees Alcestis from the underworld' in the Salon de la Paix des Hôtels de Ville, Paris, Alfred Robaut (Douai 1830 - 1909 Paris), 1852, drawing, pencil, ink splatter, on strongly stock-stained paper, 20 x cm, Estate stamp Eugène Delacroix, M. with pencil: 'autel, surlequel admete, fait ses voeux, vases de sacrifice, vase renverse et debou [sic!], trepied, enfant, armor, lyre, couteau de sacrifice dans sa gaine, trumpet'; 'flames

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