Tiger Sleeping at the Entrance to its Lair (Tigre couché à l'entrée de son antre)
c. 1828/1833
Medium
etching, drypoint, mezzotint (?), and roulette with burnishing on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 9.7 × 4.9 cm (3 13/16 × 1 15/16 in.) sheet: 14.1 × 19.8 cm (5 9/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3378
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...