Lioness Trying to Revive Her Dead Cub with Her Breath. Unrealised Sketch for a Stained-Glass Window of Tampere Cathedral, Hugo Simberg

Lioness Trying to Revive Her Dead Cub with Her Breath. Unrealised Sketch for a Stained-Glass Window of Tampere Cathedral

Naarasleijona yrittää henkäisyllään elvyttää kuolleen pentunsa. Toteuttamaton luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon lasimaalaukseen (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish) (1873-1917)

Movement: Symbolism
Medium: Pencil on paper
Dimensions: 13 × 16.5 cm
Collection: Finnish National Gallery, Finland
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Hannu Pakarinen, CC0

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Lioness Big cat Animal Death Motherhood Reclining Head Paw Lettering Inscription Symbol Stained glass Symmetry Sketch Pencil Monochrome Finland Text Lionceau

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