Lion Devouring a Horse | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G8232
People: Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix, French (Charenton Saint-Maurice France 1798 - 1863 Paris France)
Title: Lion Devouring a Horse
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1844
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/299825

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Lithograph on off-white wove paper
Technique: Lithograph
Dimensions: sheet: 17.1 x 23.8 cm (6 3/4 x 9 3/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: iv
Standard Reference Number: D. 126

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number: G8232
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997
Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008), p. 143, repr.

Exhibition History

Romantic Prints: David to Courbet, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/01/1980 - 04/30/1980
Fine Art for Harvard: The Gray Collection of Engravings, Fogg Art Museum, 09/02/1986 - 11/02/1986
32Q: 2200 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 03/04/2015; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/31/2019 - 03/04/2020

Subjects and Contexts

Google Art Project

Verification Level

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