XIR240290 Peace Descending to Earth, study for the central ceiling of the Salon de la Paix in the Hotel de Ville destroyed in 1871 during the Commune (oil on canvas) by Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene (1798-1863); diam: 78 cm; Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee du Petit-Palais, France; (add.info.: Peace comes to comfort men and brings back abundance also says the earth stretched up with eyes to heaven to bring an end to its misfortunes;); French, out of copyright.