Three Studies of a Lion
1815–63
Medium
Graphite on tracing paper (mounted on wove paper)
Dimensions
4 5/16 x 5 5/16 in. (11 x 13.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp, in honor of Karen B. Cohen, 2001
Accession Number
2001.524.1
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
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...