A Lioness Mauling the Chest of an Arab

1849

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Soft-ground etching and roulette on chine collé; first state of three
Dimensions: Plate: 8 1/4 x 11 in. (21 x 27.9 cm) Sheet: 12 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (31.4 x 24.1 cm)
Collection no.: 22.63.18
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Eugène Delacroix. A Lioness Mauling the Chest of an Arab. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

A Lioness Mauling the Chest of an Arab — Eugène Delacroix. 1849.

Medium: Soft-ground etching and roulette on chine collé; first state of three. Dimensions: Plate: 8 1/4 x 11 in. (21 x 27.9 cm) Sheet: 12 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (31.4 x 24.1 cm).

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

Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1922.

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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