Lion Devouring a Horse

1844

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Lithograph; third state of five
Dimensions: Image: 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (23.5 x 17.1 cm) Sheet: 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. (24.7 x 18.4 cm)
Collection no.: 27.10.9
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Eugène Delacroix. Lion Devouring a Horse. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Lion Devouring a Horse — Eugène Delacroix. 1844.

Medium: Lithograph; third state of five. Dimensions: Image: 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (23.5 x 17.1 cm) Sheet: 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. (24.7 x 18.4 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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