Wild Horse Felled by a Tiger
1828
Medium
Lithograph on chine collé; first state of four
Dimensions
Image: 8 3/4 × 11 1/4 in. (22.2 × 28.6 cm) Sheet (chine collé): 8 11/16 × 10 13/16 in. (22 × 27.4 cm) Sheet: 10 11/16 × 13 1/16 in. (27.2 × 33.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.63.43
Tags
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...