XIR418428 The Virgin of the Sacred Heart, 1821 (oil on canvas) by Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene (1798-1863); 258 x 152 cm; Ajaccio Cathedral, Ajaccio, Corsica; (add.info.: commissioned in 1819 from Theodore Gericault (1791-1824) for the Bishop of Nantes; the commission was passed secretly by Gericault to Delacroix to help with Delacroix\'s financial problems; the picture was rejected by the Cathedral at Nantes and in 1827 installed at Ajaccio under the name of Gericault; Sacre; Coeur;); French, out of copyright.