Young Tiger Playing with its Mother
1831
Medium
Lithograph in black on off-white China paper, partly colored blue, laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 11.2 × 18.7 cm (4 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 27.3 × 36 cm (10 3/4 × 14 3/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
43576
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...