Lion Hunt
1860–1861 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago
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About this work
- Artist
- Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863)
- Year
- 1860–1861
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 76.5 × 98.5 cm
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Movement
- Romanticism
Hunters on rearing horses and on foot close in on lions in a rocky North African landscape, the whole a tangle of claws, blades, flying manes and billowing robes painted in slashing strokes of red and green, blue and orange. Delacroix had travelled to Morocco and Algeria in 1832, a journey that fed his work for the rest of his life, but he never saw a lion hunt; he built such scenes from studies of zoo animals, North African costume and the hunting pictures of Rubens. He returned to the subject repeatedly from 1855, when he painted a monumental version now in Bordeaux. This canvas, signed and dated 1861, is one of the last. It came to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922 with the Potter Palmer Collection and hangs in the European painting galleries.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Rearing horses, lions and billowing robes in slashing red, green and orange, for a study, den or hallway with energy at 24×18 or 32×24 in black. A deep green, ochre or charcoal wall; it reads as movement from a distance.
- Style
- Romanticism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1860–1861)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard; 32×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural oak frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
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About this design
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