A Lion and a Tiger, Fighting

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris)
Date: ca. 1854
Medium: Graphite on wove paper
Dimensions: 12-5/16 x 9-1/2 in. (31.3 x 24.1 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Grégoire Tarnopol, 1979, and Gift of Alexander Tarnopol, 1980
Accession no.: 1980.21.13

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Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
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Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
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Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
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