Young Tiger Playing with Its Mother — Eugène Delacroix | DiscoverArt

Eugène Delacroix

Young Tiger Playing with Its Mother

1831

Lithograph, third state of six

18.7 × 11.2 cm (7.4 × 4.4 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York — check current display status with the museum.

View at metmuseum.org ↗︎Plan a visit ↗︎

Discover

Your feed Blog Museums & galleries Saved works

You

Account Community guidelines

DiscoverArt

A taste-graph discovery engine for art. Every work shown is a real object in a real museum — artwork images courtesy of their institutions’ open-access programs.

© Discover Art 2026Terms of Use Privacy Policy Cookie Policy

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

More by Eugène Delacroix

Marguerite-Juliette Pierret

Marguerite-Juliette Pierret

Madame Henri François Riesener (Félicité Longrois, 1786–1847)

Madame Henri François Riesener (Félicité Longrois, 1786–1847

George Sand's Garden at Nohant

George Sand's Garden at Nohant

Two Studies of an Indian from Calcutta, Seated and Standing

Two Studies of an Indian from Calcutta, Seated and Standing

A Horse Hitched to a Post

A Horse Hitched to a Post

Figure in Turkish Costume

Figure in Turkish Costume

Liberty Leading the People

Liberty Leading the People

The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan

The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan

More like this

Young Tiger Playing with its Mother

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863) — Young Tiger Playing w

Lioness and Cubs

Antoine-Louis Barye — Lioness and Cubs

A Tyger

John Murphy|James Northcote|John & Josiah Boydell — A Tyger

Study of a Tiger

Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1796–1875) — Study of a Tiger

Study of a Tiger

Antoine-Louis Barye — Study of a Tiger

Tiger Sleeping at the Entrance to His Lair

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863) — Tiger Sleeping at the

Lion and Serpent

Antoine-Louis Barye|Jules Laurens — Lion and Serpent

Tigre Royal

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863) — Tigre Royal

Royal Tiger

Antoine-Louis Barye — Royal Tiger

A Trapped Tiger

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863) — A Trapped Tiger

Six Lions in Various Poses

Peter Paul Rubens|Wenceslaus Hollar — Six Lions in Various P

Reclining lion, plate 5 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano della Bella|Pierre Mariette — Reclining lion, plate