Titled "Study of Reclining Lions," the previously unknown work by the renowned French Romantic painter has been owned by a family in France since the mid-1800s ...

According to auctioneer who made the discovery, Malo de Lussac, the family wasn’t sure that it was a Delacroix. The existence of the painting was “previously unknown,” auction house Hotel Drouot says.

An original oil painting by Eugène Delacroix was hanging in French home for over 150 years—it's now expected to fetch $330,000 at auction.

Auctioneer Malo de Lussac stumbled on a true treasure: an original oil-on-canvas painting by Eugène Delacroix, one of France's greatest 19th-century Romantic artists. The piece, titled Study of ...

Eric and Wendy Schmidt and the Sorbonne will fund a new program to digitize Delacroix’s papers and identify other artists who may have contributed to his murals and paintings. By Frank Rose ...