DELACROIX, Eugène
(b. 1798, Charenton-Saint-Maurice, d. 1863, Paris)

A Young Tiger Playing with its Mother

1830
Oil on canvas, 131 x 194,5 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

Delacroix frequently went with his friend, the animal sculptor Barye, to see the big game in the Jardin des Plantes.