Lion de l'Atlas (Lion of the Atlas Mountains)
Eugène Delacroix, Lion de l'Atlas (Lion of the Atlas Mountains), 1829, lithograph on cream wove paper, Bequest of Winslow B. Ayer, public domain, 43.10.3
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- Title
Lion de l'Atlas (Lion of the Atlas Mountains)
- Related Titles
original language: Lion de l'Atlas
translated: Lion of the Atlas Mountains
- Artist
- Date
1829
- Medium
lithograph on cream wove paper
- Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil 079 iii
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 13 1/8 in x 18 7/16 in; sheet: 18 3/4 in x 24 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
title: LION DE L'ATLAS., printed, lower middle Translation: Lion of the Atlas Language: French
signature: Delacroix fict., printed, lower right
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
planographic print
- Culture
French
- Credit Line
Bequest of Winslow B. Ayer
- Accession Number
43.10.3
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Eugène Delacroix first became interested in depicting felines at the Jardin des Plantes, the zoo and botanical garden in Paris. He frequently sketched the animals there, accounting for the striking realism in this ferocious lion, biting into a wide-eyed rabbit.
- Exhibitions
2000 Old Master Prints and Drawings Portland Art Museum
2017 Kingdom Animalia: Animals in Print from Dürer to Picasso Portland Art Museum
