Le Lion et le tigre

c. 1830

Louis-Candide Boulanger after Eugène Delacroix

Associated Names
Louis-Candide Boulanger

Artist, French, 1806 - 1867

Eugène Delacroix

Artist After, French, 1798 - 1863

This is a drawing of a tiger and a lion. The tiger is lying on a rock surface, while the lion is below with an alert expression. The background is dark, emphasizing the animals' features. The fur and musculature details are realistically depicted.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.6 x 30.5 cm (8 7/8 x 12 in.)
    sheet: 30.8 x 45.1 cm (12 1/8 x 17 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.111.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beraldi, undescribed

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. 57.

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892.

Inscriptions

lower right in image: Louis B; lower right below image: Louis Boulanger del; lower center below image: LE LION ET LE TIGRE; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 2nd state 350/VGH; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: (not deciphered)

Wikidata ID

Q75429339

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