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| Keywords: Eugène Delacroix - Lion and Snake - Walters 371219.jpg Delacroix's Lion and Snake is one of an important series of feline images that the artist created around mid-century and imparts an anthropomorphic view of the animal world based on contemporary science The reclining lion traps a snake deftly against the ground with his two front paws as he gazes almost contemplatively away from his victim The snake on the other hand writhes in pain as he attempts free himself from the lion's grasp Delacroix integrates the action with dark forms in the background which emphasize the lion's contour and with areas of light in the sky which underscore highlights in the lion's paws face and body The pose and the features of the cat's head particularly the nostrils and eyes derive from Delacroix's lion in his mural Justice in the Salon du Roi at the Palais Bourbon in Paris completed in 1838 If Lion and Snake and its source are allegories of justice over malevolence the Walters Art Museum's lion suggests human introspection whereas the Palais Bourbon's lion expresses brute force 1846 watercolor heightened with gum on slightly textured moderately thick cream wove paper cm 38 7 59 accession number 37 1219 3360 Mahler Collection J Montaignac William T Walters Baltimore March 22 1888 by purchase George A Lucas as agent Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1888 Eug Delacroix 1846 technique black watercolor signature/date ~ lower right Exhibited at the Salon 1846 Louvre The Essence of Line The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 From Ingres to Gauguin French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1951 Hommage à Baudelaire Art Gallery University of Maryland College Park 1968 A Supple Brush The Flowering of Continental Watercolors The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979 A Connoisseur's Portfolio French Masterworks on Paper The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1992 French Master Drawings The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1997-1998 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 2D A Connoisseur's Portfolio The Essence of Line Drawings by Eugène Delacroix French paintings in the Walters Art Museum Lions in art Salon of 1846 1840s paintings from France 1846 paintings | ||||
