A Lion, Full Face, August 30, 1841
Eugène Delacroix French
Not on view
Delacroix recorded numerous visits to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, where he particularly enjoyed sketching the lions in the menagerie. He described the experience as a revitalizing one that encouraged his attention to nature: "How necessary it is to . . . stick one’s head out of doors and try to read from the book of life that has nothing in common with cities and the works of man." This 1841 sketch includes color notations: "slightly brown" referring to the mane and "light yellow" closer to the nose.
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