Tiger Sleeping at the Entrance to its Lair (Tigre couché à l'entrée de son antre)
c. 1828/1833
Artist, French, 1798 - 1863

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, drypoint, mezzotint (?), and roulette with burnishing on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 9.7 × 4.9 cm (3 13/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
sheet: 14.1 × 19.8 cm (5 9/16 × 7 13/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3378
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Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil, no. 12, State ii/vi
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Philippe Burty (1830-1890), Paris [Lugt 413]. Alfred Beurdeley (1847-1919), Paris [Lugt 421]. Loys Henri Delteil (1869-1927), Paris [Lugt 773]
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
recto: at upper right, in graphite, in later hand: D 12 [underlined / II / RR; recto: at lower right, in graphite, in later hand: 18616 / Tigre couché à l'entrée de son antre
Markings
recto: Philippe Burty (Lugt 413); Alfred Beurdeley (Lugt 421); verso: Loys-Henri Delteil (Lugt 773)
Watermarks
none
Wikidata ID
Q64955851