Tiger Lying in the Desert
1846 (?)
Medium
Etching, roulette, bitten tone, drypoint; sixth state
Dimensions
Image: 4 15/16 x 2 15/16 in. (12.5 x 7.5 cm) Plate: 5 1/4 x 3 9/16 in. (13.4 x 9 cm) Sheet: 17 7/16 x 12 3/8 in. (44.3 x 31.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Michael N. Benisovitch, 1950
Accession Number
50.514.7
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...