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Eugène Delacroix

Lionne déchirant la poitrine d'un Arabe (Lioness tearing the chest of an Arab),

Description

Maker

  • Eugène Delacroix

Title

Lionne déchirant la poitrine d'un Arabe (Lioness tearing the chest of an Arab)

Medium

soft-ground etching

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • soft-ground etching,
  • Roulette

Techniques

  • soft-ground etching,
  • roulette

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 21.3 x 28.3 cm (8 3/8 x 11 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered UC: "L'ARTISTE". Lettered with artist's signature and date LL: "Eug. Delacroix 1849." Collector's mark of L'Artiste LL.

Identification

State

ii/iii

Standard Reference Number

Delteil 1908, no. 25.ii

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

48.015

About

Lionne déchirant la poitrine d'un Arabe (Lioness tearing the chest of an Arab)

Lettered UC: "L'ARTISTE". Lettered with artist's signature and date LL: "Eug. Delacroix 1849." Collector's mark of L'Artiste LL.

Delteil 1908, no. 25.ii
ii/iii

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Recent Acquisitions of the Print Room

September 28 - October 30, 1948

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Lionne déchirant la poitrine d'un Arabe (Lioness tearing the chest of an Arab) with the accession number of 48.015. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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