Lion in Repose

early 19th century

47 cm 38 cm

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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 ver...

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William T. Walters, Baltimore, between 1887 and 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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