Lion Devouring a Horse
1823
Artist, French, 1791 - 1824

Artwork overview
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Medium
lithograph on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 24.8 x 34.5 cm (9 3/4 x 13 9/16 in.)
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Accession
1999.111.19
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Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil, no. 67, State ii/iv
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., illustrated p. 42.
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 image: Géricault del; lower center in image: L...et Villain; lower right in image: chez Gihaut, bvd des Italiens No3; by later hand, upper right in graphite: 2e etat; by later hand, lower left in graphite: RPr 4/72; by later hand, center verso in graphite: 971 17
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Wikidata ID
Q75429363