Lion of the Atlas Mountains
Eugène Delacroix
1829
Medium
Lithograph in black on light-gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
Dimensions
Image: 33 × 46.5 cm (13 × 18 5/16 in.); Sheet: 47 × 62.5 cm (18 9/16 × 24 5/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
41098
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...