Studies of a Rearing Horse Attacked by a Lion and a Lion Wrestling with a Serpent

1830s

Dating: Within this decade
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on writing paper
Dimensions: sheet: 6 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. (13.6 x 15.9 cm)
Collection no.: 2013.1135.42
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Eugène Delacroix. Studies of a Rearing Horse Attacked by a Lion and a Lion Wrestling with a Serpent. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Studies of a Rearing Horse Attacked by a Lion and a Lion Wrestling with a Serpent — Eugène Delacroix. 1830s.

Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on writing paper. Dimensions: sheet: 6 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. (13.6 x 15.9 cm).

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

Credit line: Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, in honor of Philippe de Montebello, 2013.

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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