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Abstract
While it is well known that Delacroix made oil copies after Rubens, these works have not been the subject of a specific investigation; nor have they been assembled, catalogued, illustrated, or dated.1 Studies of two related problems, Delacroix's motives for copying and the differences between his replicas and the Rubens originals, do not exist either.2 Hence the aim of this study is three-fold: to investigate the nature, source, and chronology of the replicas; to explore the various reasons for copying; and to analyze these versions as a key to Delacroix's uniqueness in spite of his lifelong dedication to Rubens.