Tiger Resting in the Desert
1846
Medium
Etching on white China paper laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 7.5 × 12.5 cm (3 × 4 15/16 in.); Plate: 10 × 13.4 cm (3 15/16 × 5 5/16 in.); Sheet: 26 × 33.6 cm (10 1/4 × 13 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
29135
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...