Tiger Sleeping in the Desert
Eugène Delacroix
1846, printed c. 1870
Medium
etching on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 9.1 x 13.2 cm (3 9/16 x 5 3/16 in.) sheet: 17 x 27 cm (6 11/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp
Accession Number
1999.111.13
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...