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

Provenance

Philippe Burty (1830-1890), Paris [Lugt 413]. Alfred Beurdeley (1847-1919), Paris [Lugt 421]. Loys Henri Delteil (1869-1927), Paris [Lugt 773]

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

Delacroix, Eugène

c. 1828/1833

Accession Number

1943.3.3378

Medium

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

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.)

Classification

Print

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection