Lion Devorant un Cheval (Lion Devouring a Horse)

1844

Eugène Delacroix

Artist, French, 1798 - 1863

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 17 x 23.6 cm (6 11/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.5 x 36 cm (10 13/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.98.16

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 126, State iv/v


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 27, 1978; Christmas gift from Ruth Kainen to her husband, Jacob Kainen, 1978; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

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

by the artist, lower right in image: Eug. Delacroix; by later hand, upper right in graphite: LD 12 / 17 iv/v; lower left below image: Eug. Delacroix pinx et lith; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Lion devorant un cheval; lower right: Imp. Bertauts

Wikidata ID

Q76339222


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