Wild Horse Brought Down by a Tiger
Eugène Delacroix
1828
Medium
Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions
Chine: 22 × 27.1 cm (8 11/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 24.3 × 31.9 cm (9 5/8 × 12 9/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
33318
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...