Tiger Attacking a Young Camel
| Artist | Christophe Fratin (French, 1801–1864) |
|---|---|
| Title | Tiger Attacking a Young Camel (Tigre terrassant un jeune chameau) |
| Date | 1834 (cast 1845) |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Dimensions | Overall: 7 9/16 x 9 x 15 15/16 in. (19.2 x 22.9 x 40.5 cm) |
| Credit Line | Arthur R. Metz Collection; Gift of the Arthur R. Metz Foundation, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 94.75 |
| This artwork is currently on view. | |
A small sculpture of a snarling tiger on top of a camel.The tiger is baring his teeth and digging in with his claws as the camel looks back in anguish. The bronze surface is roughly finished.
The expressionistic treatment of this sculpture’s surface emphasizes its violent subject, and recalls the vigorous brushwork seen in many French Romantic paintings. Christophe Fratin exhibited a plaster model of this dramatic sculpture at the Paris Salon of 1834, only later casting the work in bronze. This example is unfinished; the sprue bars that hold the individual bronze sections together were not removed.
Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.
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"Tiger Attacking a Young Camel | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=94.75