MAKE A MEME View Large Image Lion in Repose - Walters 37882.jpg The reclining lion facing left is posed against a dark ground A number of paintings of resting lions in similar backgrounds have been associated with Géricault These include Family of Lions in which a ...
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Keywords: Théodore Géricault - Lion in Repose - Walters 37882.jpg The reclining lion facing left is posed against a dark ground A number of paintings of resting lions in similar backgrounds have been associated with Géricault These include Family of Lions in which a number of animals rest in a lair a composition known through two versions one in the Louvre R F 3962 and the other in a private collection Paris as well as the Head of a Lioness Louvre MNR 137 and Family of Lions formerly collections Schiekler and J D'Harcourt Sale Palais Galliera Paris November 28 1971 no 18 It is known that Géricault painted lions in the London zoo in 1820-21 inspired probably by George Stubbs' and James Ward's animal subjects One of the lion's heads in a drawing in the Musée Bonnat Bayonne no 2118 bears a striking resemblance to the animal in this painting early Other date century 19 Oil on canvas cm 38 47 accession number 37 882 38095 William T Walters Baltimore between 1887 and 1893 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1887-1893 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 2D Paintings by Théodore Géricault French paintings in the Walters Art Museum Paintings of lions
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