About This Artwork

Eugène Delacroix
French, 1798-1863

Lioness Tearing at the Chest of an Arab, 1849

Soft-ground etching and roulette on cream chine, laid down on white wove paper
212 x 281 mm (plate); 350 x 490 mm (sheet)
The J.H. Gertz Memorial Fund, 1985.401

Delteil 25 I/III; Glaubinger 28 I/III; Moreau 17; Robaut 1095