Lion Devorant un Cheval (Lion Devouring a Horse)
Eugène Delacroix
1844
Medium
lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 17 x 23.6 cm (6 11/16 x 9 5/16 in.) sheet: 27.5 x 36 cm (10 13/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Jacob Kainen
Accession Number
2002.98.16
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...