Lions in Art
Guardian of temples, symbol of kings, adversary of saints — the lion prowls through Assyrian reliefs, medieval heraldry, and Romantic hunt scenes alike.
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Terracotta dinos (mixing bowl)
Polyteleia Painter, ca. 630–615 BCE
Mirror Case
Khusrau and Shirin
Hatifi|Suzi, dated A.H. 904/1498–99 CE
Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children
Gian Lorenzo Bernini|Pietro Bernini, ca. 1616–17
Hunters in a Landscape
Jost Amman|Anonymous Flemish weavers|Anonymous, 16th century, ca. 1575–95
Chasse of Champagnat
Box with Romance Scenes
Figure of a Lion
John Bell, 1845–55
Lion (one of a pair)
Meissen Manufactory|Johann Gottlieb Kirchner, ca. 1732
Hunting Sword with Scabbard
Joseph Deutschmann, ca. 1740
Casket
Michel Redlin, ca. 1680
Sallet in the Shape of a Lion's Head
Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion
Lion
Porphyry support for a water basin
Marble statue of a lion
Vessel terminating in the forepart of a fantastic leonine creature
Panel with striding lion
Furniture element carved in the round with the head of a roaring lion
Handle Depicting a Lion Subduing a Nubian
Foundation peg in the form of the forepart of a lion
Lion Cub
The Repast of the Lion
Henri Rousseau (le Douanier), ca. 1907
Footed Dish with Equestrian Hunting Scene
Lion felling a bull, from a marble pediment
A Pair of Royal Earrings
Two bronze helmets
Cult vessel in the form of a tower with cylinder seal impressions near the top
A Knight of the d'Aluye Family
The Cloisters Cross
Sheet-gold decoration for a sword scabbard
Artist's Sketch of Pharaoh Spearing a Lion
Display dish with Charles II (1630–1685) in a tree
Thomas Toft, ca. 1680
The Goddess Durga Slaying Mahisha
Verdures du Vatican (set of two)
Jean Démosthène Dugourc|Camille Pernon, ca. 1799
Carpet with Palm Trees, Ibexes, and Birds
Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi
Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi, dated A.H. 741 / 1340–41 CE
Tomb of Ermengol VII, Count of Urgell
Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido
Biduinus, ca. 1175
Orthostat relief: lion-hunt scene
The Emperor's Carpet
"Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Govardhan|Mir 'Ali Haravi, verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca. 1530–50
Plaque with Agnus Dei on a Cross between Emblems of the Four Evangelists
Silk Animal Carpet
The Unicorn Purifies Water (from the Unicorn Tapestries)
A Hunting Scene
Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio), ca. 1494–1500
Altar Frontal with Man of Sorrows and Saints
The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France
Jean Pucelle, ca. 1324–28