Lions in Paintings Photos

Lions sometimes were used as part of the subject matter in oil paintings.

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Lion Passant fresco from chapter house of monastery of San Pedro de Arlanza near Burgos, Spain at The Cloisters. New York, NY.Faun & His Family with Slain Lion painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder at J. Paul Getty Museum Center. Malibu, CA.Venice, Queen of the Adriatic, Crowning Lion of St Mark painting by Domenico Tintoretto at National Gallery of Ireland. Dublin, Ireland.Daniel in the Lions Den painting by Peter Paul Rubens at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Lion Passant fresco (after 1200) (now on canvas) from chapter house of monastery of San Pedro de Arlanza near Burgos, Spain at The Cloisters. New York, NY.Faun & His Family with Slain Lion painting (c1526) by Lucas Cranach the Elder at J. Paul Getty Museum Center. Malibu, CA.Venice, Queen of the Adriatic, Crowning Lion of St Mark painting (c1595-9) by Domenico Tintoretto at National Gallery of Ireland. Dublin, Ireland.Daniel in the Lions Den painting (1614-6) by Peter Paul Rubens at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Lion attacking a Horse painting by George Stubbs of England at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT.The Lion of Florence painting by Nicolas-André Monsiau at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion painting by Eugène Delacroix at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.Lion Hunt painting by Eugène Delacroix at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.
Lion attacking a Horse painting (1770) by George Stubbs of England at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT.The Lion of Florence painting (1801) by Nicolas-André Monsiau at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion painting (1849-50) by Eugène Delacroix at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.Lion Hunt (1858) painting by Eugène Delacroix at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.
Lion Hunt painting by Eugène Delacroix at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.Una & the Lion painting by William Bell Scott at National Gallery of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.Head of a lion painting by Théodore Géricault at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Slaying the Nemean lion from Labors of Hercules tempura from Florence at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Lion Hunt painting (1860-61) by Eugène Delacroix at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.Una & the Lion painting (1860) by William Bell Scott at National Gallery of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.Head of a lion painting by Théodore Géricault at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Slaying the Nemean lion from Labors of Hercules tempura (2nd Quarter 15thC) from Florence at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.

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