Tiger Sleeping in the Desert

1846, printed c. 1870

Eugène Delacroix

Artist, French, 1798 - 1863

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp

  • Dimensions

    plate: 9.1 x 13.2 cm (3 9/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 17 x 27 cm (6 11/16 x 10 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1999.111.13

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 24, State vi/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank Anderson Trapp [1922-2005], Pittsburgh; gift to NGA, 1999.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1988

  • Delacroix and the Romantic Image: Oriental Themes, Wild Beasts, and the Hunt, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA, 1988, no cat. no.

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Eug. Delacroix; lower right in plate: Imp. Delâtre, Paris; by later hand, lower left in graphite: HD 4/72/410/2 V/V

Wikidata ID

Q75429353

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