A Lioness Mauling the Chest of an Arab
1849
Medium
Soft-ground etching and roulette on chine collé; first state of three
Dimensions
Plate: 8 1/4 x 11 in. (21 x 27.9 cm) Sheet: 12 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (31.4 x 24.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.63.18
Rights
Public Domain
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...