Tiger Resting in the Desert
Eugène Delacroix
1846
Medium
Etching on white chine, laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions
Chine: 8.7 × 12.7 cm (3 7/16 × 5 in.); Plate: 9 × 13.3 cm (3 9/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 16.5 × 21.2 cm (6 1/2 × 8 3/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51449
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...