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Young Tiger Playing with Its Mother

A work made of lithograph in black on buff wove paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of lithograph in black on buff wove paper.

Date:

1831

Artist:

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

About this artwork

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:)

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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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