Studies of a Rearing Horse Attacked by a Lion and a Lion Wrestling with a Serpent

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: 1830s
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on writing paper
Dimensions: sheet: 6 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. (13.6 x 15.9 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, in honor of Philippe de Montebello, 2013
Accession no.: 2013.1135.42

Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion
Eugène Delacroix
1849–50 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001284
Lion Hunt
Eugène Delacroix
1860–61 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001285
The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan
Eugène Delacroix
1826 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001481
Study for Marphise and the Mistress of Pinabel
Eugène Delacroix
c. 1852 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002107