Tiger Sleeping at the Entrance to its Lair (Tigre couché à l'entrée de son antre)

c. 1828/1833

Eugène Delacroix

Artist, French, 1798 - 1863

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, mezzotint (?), and roulette with burnishing on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • 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

  • 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


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