Sacrifice of a Lion

ca. 1535-1540 (late Renaissance)

15.6 cm 7.2 cm

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Two nude bearded men, wearing helmets and followed by a third helmeted warrior bearing a shield, lead a lion secured by a double leash before a nude man (Mars (?)), who sits on a rock to the left and is armed with a sword. Shrubs and bushes are scattered in the background.The...

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Thewalt Collection Sale, Cologne, November 14, 1903, lot 993; Jacques Seligmann, Paris, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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