Art, literature & history
A False Scalping Performed by Iowa Tribe Members in Paris
1845
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and brown ink on laid paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 20.16 × 31.43 cm (7 15/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2019.45.11
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Eugène Delacroix. A False Scalping Performed by Iowa Tribe Members in Paris. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
A False Scalping Performed by Iowa Tribe Members in Paris — Eugène Delacroix. 1845.
Medium: pen and brown ink on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 20.16 × 31.43 cm (7 15/16 × 12 3/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2019.45.11. Bequest of William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.