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Lionness Tearing the Breast of an Arab (Lionne déchirant la poitrine d'un arabe)

Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix

French, 1798–1863

Lionness Tearing the Breast of an Arab (Lionne déchirant la poitrine d'un arabe)

1849

Medium etching on cream chine collé laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions Chine: 8 1/16 x 10 13/16 in. (20.4 x 27.5 cm) Plate: 8 3/8 x 11 in. (21.3 x 27.9 cm) Sheet: 11 15/16 x 16 in. (30.3 x 40.7 cm)
Object Number 2012.11
Acquisition Acquired by the Clark, 2012
Status Off View

Image Caption

Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix, Lionness Tearing the Breast of an Arab (Lionne déchirant la poitrine d'un arabe), 1849, etching on cream chine collé laid down on ivory wove paper. Clark Art Institute, Acquired by the Clark, 2012.11

Select Bibliography

Delteil, Loys. Delacroix, The Graphic Work: A Catalogue Raisonné. Translated and revised by Susan Strauber. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997.

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