La Chasse au Tigre (The Tiger Chase) 1734 - 1782

"La Chasse au Tigre" (The Tiger Chase), a drawing by Jean Jacques Flipart, depicts a dramatic scene of a tiger hunt. The work, created between 1734 and 1782, features a group of hunters on horseback pursuing a tiger through a rocky, mountainous landscape. Flipart's detailed pen and ink style captures the energy and tension of the chase, with the figures and animals rendered in intricate detail. The drawing, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, is a striking example of Flipart's skill in depicting both the grandeur of nature and the excitement of the hunt.