Tiger and Snake
Eugène Delacroix
1862
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 33.02 × 41.28 cm (13 × 16 1/4 in.) framed: 41.75 × 49.21 × 7.94 cm (16 7/16 × 19 3/8 × 3 1/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)
Accession Number
2014.136.30
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...