Eugène Delacroix
(France 1798–1863)
Lion of Atlas
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Delacroix’s portrayals of wild cats owe a fundamental debt to the lithographs of Géricault. He also greatly admired the works of the British animal painters George Stubbs and James Ward. Delacroix remained deeply fascinated by the ferocity of wild animals, which for many romantics revealed nature’s primal energies beyond the power of human reason.
- Year
- 1829
- Media
- Medium
- lithograph
- Dimensions
- 48.3 x 63.1cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1979
- Accession number
- 45.1979
