← All objects · See it as a map

lion

44 artworks. Compare how artists drew it, or what it meant to them.

Style 1 18

A Lion in a Landscape
Hamilton, Philipp Ferdinand de · 1679-1750
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Lion
Katharine Merrill · c. 1939
National Gallery of Art
Lion turned to the right with his right paw on a globe
Taylor, Isaac · 1750-1759
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Study of a Lion
1810s, 1820s
Smithsonian
Lion turned to the left with his left paw on a globe
Taylor, Isaac · 1756
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
lion
Urits, Alexander (author)
Tartu Art Museum
Lion
Sir Peter Paul Rubens · c. 1612-1613
National Gallery of Art
Study of a Lion
1810s, 1820s
Smithsonian
Study of a Lion
1810s, 1820s
Smithsonian
Lion
Giuseppe Baldrighi (Italian, 1723–1803) · 1750s
Cleveland Museum of Art
A Lion from the Menagerie of King Louis Napoleon, 1808
1808
Rijksmuseum
Design for Sculpture of the Winged Lion of Saint Mark
1700s, 1690s
Smithsonian
Study of a Lion
1810s, 1820s
Smithsonian
Lion of the Atlas Mountains
Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863) · 1829
Art Institute of Chicago
Red Lion Inn Sign
Martin Partyka · c. 1939
National Gallery of Art
Plate 10: A Lion and a Civet Cat
Joris Hoefnagel · c.1575/1590s
National Gallery of Art
Studies of Lions, Plate 4 from "Cahier des Desseins Diverses Animeaux"
Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811 · 1770s, 1760s
Smithsonian
Lion's Head and Sketch of a Lion
Edmé Saint-Marcel · c. 1860-70
Art Institute of Chicago

Style 2 9

Muzzle of a Lion (one of pair)
Maurice Van Felix · c. 1940
National Gallery of Art
Lion of the Column of July
Antoine-Louis Barye · model 1836, cast by 1873
National Gallery of Art
Guardian Lion
China, Tang dynasty (618–907) · c. 600
Cleveland Museum of Art
Lion
Edward Kemeys, born Savannah, GA 1843-died Washington, DC 1907 · 1890s
Smithsonian
Lion's Head
Greece · 500–400 BCE
Cleveland Museum of Art
Statuette of a Lion
Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 30 · 380–246 BCE
Cleveland Museum of Art
Aquamanile in the form of a lion
c. 1400
Rijksmuseum
Lion Protome, probably for a Throne
India · c. 2nd century
Art Institute of Chicago
Two Lions
Bonnesen, Carl · 1906
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark

Style 3 7

Reclining Lion with its Forepaw over its Muzzle
c. 1640 - c. 1650
Rijksmuseum
Study of a Lion Asleep
in or after c. 1650 - 1699
Rijksmuseum
Reclining Lion
c. 1650
Rijksmuseum
Rembrandt, A Lion
1855 - 1858
Rijksmuseum
Reclining Lion
c. 1660
Rijksmuseum
The Great Lion
Jacob de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, 1565–1629); Joos de Bosscher · 1590
Cleveland Museum of Art
Sleeping Lion by Night
1870 - 1910
Rijksmuseum

Style 4 6

Lion
Netherlands · 1512
KB, National Library of the Netherlands
Leo (lion)
Netherlands · 1350
KB, National Library of the Netherlands
Leo (lion)
Netherlands · 1350
KB, National Library of the Netherlands
Leo (lion)
Netherlands · 1350
KB, National Library of the Netherlands
Panel
Ponson et Cie · 1900s, 1850s
Smithsonian
Lion
Netherlands · 1460
KB, National Library of the Netherlands

Named in the museum's description 4

The lion is small, hidden or only part of the story in these works, so they're shown whole.

The lion.
Netherlands
Leiden University Libraries
Leeuw
Netherlands · 1626
Rijksmuseum
Lion
c. 1620 - c. 1630
Rijksmuseum
Standing Lion
Eugène Delacroix · 1833
Art Institute of Chicago