1829
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Royal Tiger (Tigre Royal) is a 1829 ink by Eugène Delacroix, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows a tiger lying down in a grassy, open field. The animal’s stripes are sharply drawn, and its body takes up most of the space. In the background, there’s a wide, flat landscape with rolling hills and a distant mountain under a cloudy sky. The artist focused on the tiger’s powerful but relaxed pose, making it the clear star of the scene. The title, *Tigre Royal*, hints this might be a special or symbolic animal. Next, check out how this was made using lithography.
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix ( DEL-ə-krwah, -KRWAH; French: ; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist who was regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school.
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