Lion in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Landscape during a Thunderstorm with Pyramus and Thisbe, Nicolas Poussin

Landscape during a Thunderstorm with Pyramus and Thisbe, 1651.

Paysage orageux avec Pyrame et Thisbé (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Städel Museum, Germany

The Arms of Ferdinand I, King of Hungary and Bohemia, Albrecht Dürer

The Arms of Ferdinand I, King of Hungary and Bohemia, 1527.

The Arms of Ferdinand I, King of Hungary and Bohemia (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Lion in the Desert, c. 1885.

Lion in the Desert (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, United States

Joute italienne, 1526.

Joute italienne (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Parc des Lions at Port-Marly, Camille Corot

The Parc des Lions at Port-Marly, 1872.

Le départ pour la promenade des lions, à Port-Marly (museum title)

Camille Corot (French), oil on canvas

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Spain

Erik XIV (1533-1577), king of Sweden, married to Karin Månsdotter

Erik XIV (1533-1577), kung av Sverige, gift med Karin… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on panel

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Arab on Horseback Attacked by a Lion, Raden Saleh

Arab on Horseback Attacked by a Lion, 1849.

Arab on Horseback Attacked by a Lion (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Museum MACAN, Jakarta, Indonesia

Head of a Lion, 1901.

Head of a Lion (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink on paper, hanging scroll

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

Adolf Fedrik (1710-1771), king of Sweden, duke of Holstein-Gottorp, prince bishop of Lübeck, married to Lovisa Ulrika of Prussia

Adolf Fedrik (1710-1771), kung av Sverige, hertig av… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on panel

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Saint Jerome in Penitence, 1556–1561.

Saint Jérôme en pénitence (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Pinacoteca di Brera, Italy

The penitent Saint Jerome, c. 1575.

Saint Jérôme pénitent (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Spain

Le Rêve, 1910.

Le Rêve (museum title)

Henri Rousseau (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Modern Art, United States

La Chasse au lion, 1861.

La Chasse au lion (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Royal Arms of Scotland, David Young Cameron

Royal Arms of Scotland, 1914.

Royal Arms of Scotland (museum title)

David Young Cameron (British), etching and drypoint

National Gallery of Art, United States

Lion Hunt, 1860.

Lion Hunt (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany

Fighting Animals, 1850.

Fighting Animals (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Private collection

Kristina (1626-1689), queen of Sweden

Kristina (1626-1689), drottning av Sverige (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on panel

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Karl XII (1682-1718), count palatine of Zweibrücken, king of Sweden

Karl XII (1682-1718), pfalzgreve av Zweibrücken, kung av… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on panel

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Daniel dans la fosse aux lions, Pierre Paul Rubens

Daniel dans la fosse aux lions, c. 1614–1616.

Daniel dans la fosse aux lions (museum title)

Pierre Paul Rubens (Belgian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States

Lovisa Ulrika (1720-1782), princess of Prussia, queen of Sweden, married to Adolf Fredrik of Sweden

Lovisa Ulrika (1720-1782), prinsessa av Preussen, drottning… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on panel

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Der große Triumphwagen des Kaisers Maximilian I. (Blatt 2 von 8), Albrecht Dürer

Der große Triumphwagen des Kaisers Maximilian I. (Blatt 2 von 8), 1523.

Der große Triumphwagen des Kaisers Maximilian I. (Blatt 2… (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Lion Rock, Piha, 1903–1915.

Lion Rock, Piha (museum title)

Edward Friström (New Zealander), oil on canvas mounted on panel

Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand

Saint Mark the Evangelist, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

Saint Mark the Evangelist, 18th century.

San Marcos Evangelista (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

Saint Jerome, 1874.

Saint Jerome (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Städel Museum, Germany

Recumbent Lion, c. 1660.

Liggende leeuw (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), reed pen and brown ink, brown wash

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Johan III (1537-1592), king of Sweden, married to 1. Katarina Jagellonica of Poland, 2. Gunilla Bielke

Johan III (1537-1592), kung av Sverige, gift med 1.… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on panel

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Cardinal Albrecht de Brandebourg, Albrecht Dürer

Cardinal Albrecht de Brandebourg, 1523.

Cardinal Albrecht de Brandebourg (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), engraving on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Golden Lion, 1901.

Golden Lion (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink on gold-leafed paper, folding screen

Yamatane Museum of Art, Japan

The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer, Jean-Léon Gérôme

The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer, 1863–1883.

The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Walters Art Museum, United States

Saint Anthony Abbot and St. Paul, the first hermit, Diego Velázquez

Saint Anthony Abbot and St. Paul, the first hermit, c. 1634.

Saint Antoine Abbé et saint Paul, premier ermite (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Poem by Chūnagon Atsutada, Katsushika Hokusai

Poem by Chūnagon Atsutada, 1921.

Poem by Chūnagon Atsutada (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Lion Brewery on the Thames, 1860, David Roberts

The Lion Brewery on the Thames, 1860, 1860.

The Lion Brewery on the Thames, 1860 (museum title)

David Roberts (British), graphite on paper

Yale Center for British Art, United States

His Majesty Recommending a Law (Designs for the Walls of the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), James Barry

His Majesty Recommending a Law (Designs for the Walls of the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), after 1783.

His Majesty Recommending a Law (Designs for the Walls of… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), engraving

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Saint Jérôme en prière, Hieronymus Bosch

Saint Jérôme en prière, 1500.

Saint Jérôme en prière (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium

Gustav Vasa (1496-1560), king of Sweden, married to 1. Katarina of Saxony-Lauenburg, 2. Margareta Leijonhufvud, 3. Katarina Stenbock

Gustav Vasa (1496-1560), kung av Sverige, gift med 1.… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on panel

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Sigismund I / III (1566-1632), king of Sweden, king of Poland, married to 1. Anna of Austria, 2. Constantia of Austria

Sigismund I/III (1566-1632), kung av Sverige, kung av… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on panel

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Karl X Gustav (1622-1660), count palatine of Zweibrücken, king of Sweden, married to Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp

Karl X Gustav (1622-1660), pfalzgreve av Zweibrücken, kung… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on panel

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Fredrik I (1676-1751), count of Hessen-Kassel, king of Sweden, married to 1. Lovisa Dorotea Sofia of Prussia, 2. Ulrika Eleonora t.Y. of Sweden

Fredrik I (1676-1751), lantgreve av Hessen-Kassel, kung av… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on panel

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Der große Triumphwagen des Kaisers Maximilian I. (Blatt 1 von 8), Albrecht Dürer

Der große Triumphwagen des Kaisers Maximilian I. (Blatt 1 von 8), 1523.

Der große Triumphwagen des Kaisers Maximilian I. (Blatt 1… (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Temptation of Adam, 1767–1770.

The Temptation of Adam (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Lion et caïman, 1863.

Lion et caïman (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on wood panel

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

Lion on the Watch, c. 1885.

Lion on the Watch (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on wood

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Aurora, Design for a Ceiling, Henryk Siemiradzki

Aurora, Design for a Ceiling, c. 1886.

Jutrzenka, projekt plafonu (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Purgatorio 31, Dante´s Divine Comedy, Sandro Botticelli

Purgatorio 31, Dante´s Divine Comedy, c. 1488–1492.

Le Purgatoire -31 (Divine Comédie de Dante) (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Chasse au lion, 1860.

Chasse au lion (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland

Karl IX (1550-1611), king of Sweden, married to 1. Maria of Pfaltz, 2. Kristina of Holstein-Gottorp

Karl IX (1550-1611), kung av Sverige, gift med 1. Maria av… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on panel

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Karl XI (1655-1697), count palatine of Zweibrücken, king of Sweden, married to Ulrika Eleonora t.E. of Denmark

Karl XI (1655-1697), pfalzgreve av Zweibrücken, kung av… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on panel

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Lion, 1901.

Lion (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink and color on silk, hanging scroll

Saint Louis Art Museum, United States

Maria Eleonora (1599-1655), princess of Brandenburg, queen of Sweden, married to Gustav II Adolf of Sweden

Maria Eleonora (1599-1655), prinsessa av Brandenburg… (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil on panel

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Lion, c. 1612–1613.

Lion (museum title)

Pierre Paul Rubens (Belgian), drawing

National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States