Tiger Lying in the Desert
1846 (?)
Medium
Etching, roulette, bitten tone, and drypoint on thin laid beige tracing paper; third state of six
Dimensions
Image: 3 9/16 x 5 1/4 in. (9 x 13.3 cm) Sheet: 5 3/4 x 9 in. (14.6 x 22.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William Loring Andrews, 1883, transferred from the Library
Accession Number
83.1.90
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...