Tiger and Prey
Evert van Muyden, Tiger and Prey, 1886, ink and charcoal on cream wove paper, Bequest of Winslow B. Ayer, public domain, 35.92
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- Title
Tiger and Prey
- Artist
- Date
1886
- Medium
ink and charcoal on cream wove paper
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 11 1/16 in x 17 5/16 in; sheet: 11 1/16 in x 17 5/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
numbered: 20, graphite, bottom right corner
numbered: 12, graphite, bottom middle
numbered: 14, graphite, bottom left corner
signature; date: E. van Muyden 1886, black ink, lower right
- Collection Area
European Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Drawings
- Object Type
drawing
- Culture
Swiss
- Credit Line
Bequest of Winslow B. Ayer
- Accession Number
35.92
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Like Eugène Delacroix, Swiss artist Evert van Muyden found his subjects for this masterful pen-and-ink drawing of a tiger with a goat locked in its jaws at the Paris zoo. Animals devouring prey was a motif that spoke to the Romantic fascination with the wild forces of nature.
- Exhibitions
2017 Kingdom Animalia: Animals in Print from Dürer to Picasso Portland Art Museum