Lion of the Atlas Mountains (Lion de l'Atlas)
Eugène Delacroix
1829
Medium
lithograph
Dimensions
image: 33.2 × 47 cm (13 1/16 × 18 1/2 in.) sheet: 51 × 70 cm (20 1/16 × 27 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Accession Number
1978.16.1
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...