Young Tiger Playing with its Mother, Eugène Delacroix, 1831
Eugène Delacroix, portraitEugène DelacroixFrench, 1798–1863

Young Tiger Playing with its Mother

1831 · Print

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Where is “Young Tiger Playing with its Mother” now? Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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1961.141

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In the life of Eugène Delacroix

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  1. 1831

    "Liberty" at the Salon of 1831

    Liberty Leading the People was enthusiastically received by the public at the Salon of 1831 and immediately acquired by the state for 3,000 francs for the throne room of the Luxembourg Palace.

  2. 14 March 1831 · Award

    Knight of the Legion of Honour

  3. 1832

    Journey to Spain and North Africa

    As part of the diplomatic mission of Charles-Edgar de Mornay, Delacroix traveled to Morocco shortly after the French conquest of Algeria. The journey proved a turning point: he made dozens of sketches, and his impressions of North Africa nourished his art for the rest of his life.

  4. 1832

    "Liberty" Removed from Public Display

    By 1832 officials had deemed the painting's glorification of liberty too provocative and removed it from public display; nevertheless Delacroix continued to receive state commissions.

  5. 1833

    Beginning of the Friendship with Marie-Élisabeth Blavot-Boulanger

    In 1833 Delacroix formed a friendship with the painter Marie-Élisabeth Blavot-Boulanger that lasted the rest of his life.

  6. 1833–1837

    Decoration of the Salon du Roi in the Palais Bourbon

    From 1833 Delacroix received numerous commissions to decorate the public buildings of Paris; the first was his work on the Salon du Roi in the Chamber of Deputies at the Palais Bourbon, completed in 1837.

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