Young Tiger Playing with Its Mother

Prints and Drawings

1831

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
printed by Castille (French, 19th century)

Delacroix based this lithograph on a painting he exhibited at the 1831 Paris Salon to great acclaim, with one critic writing, “Never has this singular artist painted a man that resembles a man, the way his tiger resembles a tiger.” Like the nearby engraving after Rubens’s Lion Hunt (2010.48), this canvas became more widely known through the circulation of a printed reproduction. Delacroix produced this lithograph for the nascent arts and literature periodical L’Artiste, specifically in honor of its supportive director, Achille Ricourt.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Eugène Delacroix
Title: Young Tiger Playing with Its Mother
Place: France (Artist's nationality)
Date: 1831
Medium: Lithograph in black on buff wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 11.2 × 18.7 cm (4 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 22.5 × 31 cm (8 7/8 × 12 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Albert Roullier Memorial Collection
Reference Number: 1922.4476
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