Lion Devouring a Rabbit
n.d.
Attributed to Eugène Delacroix French, 1798–1863
France
Delacroix or a close copyist looked to the artist’s masterful Lion of the Atlas Mountains (1927.1646) when producing this faithful sheet, including background details of the cave. Like the paintings copied after Delacroix that have only been recently reattributed to Andrieu, drawings that appear to be by Delacroix remain in high demand.
Pen and brown iron gall ink, over graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory Japanese paper