The Great Lion
1590
Image: 25.4 x 33 cm (10 x 13 in.)
https://clevelandart.org/art/2025.200
Created during the Eighty Years’ War, De Gheyn’s Great Lion blends political allegory with naturalistic observation. The lion symbolizes the Dutch Republic’s bravery in its fight for independence from Spain, while the Latin inscription praises the lion’s—and by extension, the...
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