Eugène Delacroix

Tiger Growling at a Snake



Eugène Delacroix - Tiger Growling at a Snake



Eugène Delacroix
Tiger Growling at a Snake
1862
33 x 41.3 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower left: Eug. Delacroix 1862
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Corcoran Collection
William A. Clark Collection


Literature

Johnson 206


Exhibitions

1998 Delacroix: The Late Work, Nr. 133

Provenance

Marquis de L., Paris
his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 4 February 1865, nr. 12
Paul van Cuyck, Paris
his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 7-10 February 1866, nr. 7
Comte d'Aquila, Paris
his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21-22 February 1868, nr. 8
Hermann, Paris
his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 10 February 1879, nr. 8
Th. Leroy
his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 13 May 1882, nr. 16
with Galerie Georges Petit, Paris
with M. Knoedler & Co., New York, August 1882
purchased 14 November 1883 by Mary J. Morgan, New York
her sale, American Art Galleries, New York, 3-15 March 1886, nr. 188
Henry M. Johnston, Brooklyn, New York
his sale, Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, New York, 20-28 February 1893
with M. Knoedler & Co., New York
purchased 1899 by H.S. Henry, New York
his sale, American Art Galleries, New York, 25 January 1907, nr. 13
William A. Clark (1839-1925), New York
bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington
acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 2014.136.30

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Eugène Delacroix Saint Sebastian Tended to by Saint Irene and her Maid
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Eugène Delacroix The Fanatics of Tangier
The Fanatics of Tangier
1857