Bengal Tiger
Eugène Delacroix
1829
Medium
Lithograph in black on buff wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 32.6 × 46.4 cm (12 7/8 × 18 5/16 in.); Sheet: 51 × 70.3 cm (20 1/8 × 27 11/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
35546
About the Artist
Eugène Delacroix · 1798–1863
Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) stands as the defining figure of French Romanticism and a pivotal bridge to modernism. Born in Charenton-Saint-Maurice near Paris, he came from distinguished lineage—his mother descended from the prestigious Oeben-Riesener furniture dynasty, while persistent speculation suggested the statesman Talleyrand may have been his biological father, a theory supported by physic...