Mathurin Moreau (1822–1912)

The sculpture is a composition based on the relationship between a young male figure and a tiger, where the calm and balanced posture of the human figure stands in sharp contrast to the tension of the animal. The scene is not narrative in nature; it focuses more on formal and proportional solutions through the plastic expression of the human-animal relationship. The work fits well into Mathurin Moreau's 19th-century, classical-inspired bronze sculptural practice.