Tiger Resting in the Desert
1846
Medium
Etching on off-white China paper, laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 7.5 × 12.4 cm (3 × 4 15/16 in.); Plate: 9.2 × 13.7 cm (3 5/8 × 5 7/16 in.); Sheet: 13.9 × 18.1 cm (5 1/2 × 7 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
11999
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...