Young Tiger Playing with Its Mother
1831
Medium
Lithograph, third state of six
Dimensions
Image: 7 3/8 x 4 7/16 in. (18.7 x 11.2 cm) Sheet: 8 1/16 x 5 9/16 in. (20.5 x 14.1 cm) Mount: 12 5/16 x 9 1/2 in. (31.2 x 24.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936
Accession Number
36.11.8
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...