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A Reclining Lion; Jean-Baptiste Huet

Title: A Reclining Lion
Artist: Jean-Baptiste Huet
Artist Life Dates: 1745-1811
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 1745-1811
Accession Number: 1959/2.37
Medium and Support: red chalk and gray ink wash
Primary Keywords: lions; reclining

Air, from The Four Elements; Jan van de Velde; After Willem Buytewech

Title: Air, from The Four Elements
Artist: Jan van de Velde
Artist Life Dates: active 1593-1641
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1620
Accession Number: 1994/2.41
Medium and Support: etching and engraving on thin, slightly textured off-white laid paper
Primary Keywords: carriage; clouds; horses; lions; trees

Allegorical Representation of 'America'; Maarten de Vos; Attributed to

Title: Allegorical Representation of 'America'
Artist: Maarten de Vos
Artist Life Dates: 1532-1603
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1594-1600
Accession Number: 1960/2.24
Medium and Support: pen and black ink with ink wash on cream-colored paper
Primary Keywords: allegory; america; americas; birds; fruit; lions; reptiles and amphibians; rhinoceros; staff; trees

Antique Vase; Agostino di Musi

Title: Antique Vase
Artist: Agostino di Musi
Artist Life Dates: (Venice, 1490 - 1540)
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1531
Accession Number: 1969/2.166
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
Primary Keywords: handles; lions; vases

Arms of Prince Rudolph II von Scherenberg, Bishop of Würzburg; Master AG

Title: Arms of Prince Rudolph II von Scherenberg, Bishop of Würzburg
Artist: Master AG
Artist Life Dates: (active 1475 - 1490)
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 1482
Accession Number: 1984/2.42
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
Primary Keywords: angel; coat of arms; figures; figures (representations); lions; staff; staffs (staff weapon components); winged

Arnold Tholinx, Inspector, after Rembrandt; Pierre François Basan

Title: Arnold Tholinx, Inspector, after Rembrandt
Artist: Pierre François Basan
Artist Life Dates: 1723-1797
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1723-1797
Accession Number: 1977/2.23
Medium and Support: etching on paper
Primary Keywords: book; chairs; hats; head; lions; males; pipe; portraits; seated; table

Bits from Blois; Albert Kahn

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Title: Bits from Blois
Artist: Albert Kahn
Artist Life Dates: (1869 - 1942)
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: September 19, 1891
Accession Number: 1972/2.545
Medium and Support: graphite on paper
Primary Keywords: architectural drawings; head; lions

Blue-and-white jarlet, with painted design of lions & clouds, one of two small jarlets, decorated with lions frolicking among clouds; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Blue-and-white jarlet, with painted design of lions & clouds, one of two small jarlets, decorated with lions frolicking among clouds
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1600-1640s
Accession Number: 1977/2.11
Medium and Support: porcelain with blue underglaze painting
Primary Keywords: asia; clouds; jar; lions

Busts of Saints Jerome and Gregory; Atelier of Jörg Syrlin the Younger

Title: Busts of Saints Jerome and Gregory
Artist: Atelier of Jörg Syrlin the Younger
Physical Description: This pair of finely carved bust-length figures depicts two men in ecclesiastical garb. On the right appears an older figure who wears elaborate vestments and a papal tiara with a book in his left hand. His deeply lined and wrinkled face conveys a patient wisdom and authority as he stares directly ahead. His more youthful companion, dressed in a simpler collared robe and brimless cap, glances introspectively aside. He grasps an unfurled scroll in his left hand and a diminutive lion stares out from its perch on his left shoulder.
Century: late 15th/early 16th-century
Object Creation Date: circa1500
Accession Number: 1958/1.59
Medium and Support: lindenwood with polychromy
Primary Keywords: altarpieces; books; christianity; lions; popes; scrolls (information artifacts)

Champlevé enamel plaque with Christ in Majesty; Anonymous French

Title: Champlevé enamel plaque with Christ in Majesty
Artist: Anonymous French
Artist Life Dates: ()
Century: 12th - 13th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1200
Accession Number: 1958/1.91
Medium and Support: enamel on metal
Primary Keywords: eagles; jesus christ; lions; ox

Charger with lion and peony design, one of pair; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Charger with lion and peony design, one of pair
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: early to mid 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1800-1850
Accession Number: 2002/2.1
Medium and Support: porcelain, blue underglaze and enamel overglaze painting
Primary Keywords: chargers; lions; peonies; plates (dishes)

Charger with lion and peony design, one of pair; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Charger with lion and peony design, one of pair
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: early to mid 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1800-1850
Accession Number: 2002/2.2
Medium and Support: porcelain, blue underglaze and enamel overglaze painting
Primary Keywords: chargers; lions; peonies; plates (dishes)

Choir Stalls S. Giorgio Maggiore, Venice; Albert Kahn

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Title: Choir Stalls S. Giorgio Maggiore, Venice
Artist: Albert Kahn
Artist Life Dates: (1869 - 1942)
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: April 9, 1891
Accession Number: 1972/2.447
Medium and Support: graphite on paper
Primary Keywords: lions; san giorgio maggiore; venice

Coat of Arms with the Cock; Albrecht Dürer

Title: Coat of Arms with the Cock
Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Physical Description: A composition with a heraldic motif: a rooster standing on top of a helmet with visor and throat guard, below which is a sheld or other carving with a rampant lion. Surrounding on either side is vigorous foliage (acanthus leaves).
Artist Life Dates: (Nüremberg, 1471 - 1528)
Century: Early 16th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1503
Accession Number: 1960/2.34
Medium and Support: engraving on laid paper
Primary Keywords: armor; coat of arms; cocks; helmet; lions; shield

Crouching Lioness; Edward Kemeys

Title: Crouching Lioness
Artist: Edward Kemeys
Artist Life Dates: 1843-1907
Century: 19th-20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1863-1907
Accession Number: 1954/1.474
Medium and Support: bronze
Primary Keywords: lions

Decorative Panel with Animals from a series of 12 prints called "Varii Zophori figuris animalium..."; Franz Cleyn

Title: Decorative Panel with Animals from a series of 12 prints called "Varii Zophori figuris animalium..."
Artist: Franz Cleyn
Artist Life Dates: 1582-1658
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1645
Accession Number: 1963/2.9
Medium and Support: etching on paper
Primary Keywords: dogs; eagles; horses; lions

Descent of the River Ganges; Artist Unknown, India, Central India, Bundelkhand

Title: Descent of the River Ganges
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Central India, Bundelkhand
Physical Description: In this intensely lyrical painting from Bundelkhand in Central India, the great river is shown tumbling from the night sky. Ascetics sit cross-legged on the mountainside, offering their austerities to Shiva, while women come to venerate Ganga. The river teems with life—crocodiles, turtles, fish, and birds—while lions, leopards, jackals, monkeys, and rabbits cavort on its banks.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1775
Accession Number: 1979/1.148
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Primary Keywords: album leaf; animals; ascetic; birds; deity; figures; lions; monk; monks; night; nudes; painting; river; river banks; river bed; rivers; seated; women

Devimahatmya manuscript page: The Goddess Ambika fights a host of demons; Nepal

Title: Devimahatmya manuscript page: The Goddess Ambika fights a host of demons
Artist: Nepal
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1725
Accession Number: 1970/2.148
Medium and Support: ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Primary Keywords: cart; deity; demons; himalayan; horses; lions; weaponry; weapons; wheel

Dipa-Hanuman; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Dipa-Hanuman
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.272
Medium and Support: bronze
Primary Keywords: hanuman; hinduism; lions; standing

Durga on a Lion; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Durga on a Lion
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1975/2.111
Medium and Support: brass
Primary Keywords: hinduism; lions

Durga on a Lion (small folk bronze); Artist Unknown, India

Title: Durga on a Lion (small folk bronze)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1977/2.135
Medium and Support: bronze
Primary Keywords: hinduism; lions; named gods and goddesses

Durga subduing the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini); Artist Unknown, India

Title: Durga subduing the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Object Creation Date: 14th century - 16th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.257
Medium and Support: bronze
Primary Keywords: buffalo; demons; lions; seated

Egúngún headress (erin type); Adugbologe Workshop of Abeokuta, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria

Title: Egúngún headress (erin type)
Artist: Adugbologe Workshop of Abeokuta, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
Physical Description: A massive, baroque, and busy wood-carved headdress with stylized face (showing classic Yoruba features) of bulging eyes with defined upper lids, long, straight, triangular nose, symmetrical scarification patterns consisting of three horizontal lines on each cheek, a short beard from ear to ear just underneath the lower lip. Two large “ears” protrude on either side of head and act as “scaffolding” for numerous attachments of symbolic content: birds and lions predominate, but also visible are amulets, wooden claws and beads, crosses, and an insignia shield of some kind. The ears terminate in two oblong mirrors with lions leaping off of each. Layers of pigment are visible, giving impression it has been repainted over time.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1960
Accession Number: 1985/1.183
Medium and Support: wood, mirrors, pigment, gourd, beads, metal
Primary Keywords: ancestors; birds; headdresses; lions; masquerades; spirits

Embroidery; Anonymous Italian

Title: Embroidery
Artist: Anonymous Italian
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1972/2.303
Medium and Support: ebroidered silk
Primary Keywords: embroidery; lions; textiles; trees

Equestrian hero; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Equestrian hero
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1978/2.99
Medium and Support: bronze
Primary Keywords: hinduism; lions; named gods and goddesses

Escutcheon - Armorial Bearings; Anonymous French

Title: Escutcheon - Armorial Bearings
Artist: Anonymous French
Artist Life Dates: ()
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1951/2.19
Medium and Support: tapestry
Primary Keywords: castles; crests; lions; textiles

Escutcheon - Armorial Bearings; Anonymous French

Title: Escutcheon - Armorial Bearings
Artist: Anonymous French
Artist Life Dates: ()
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1951/2.20
Medium and Support: tapestry
Primary Keywords: crests; lions; textiles

Faucet with Peacock Spigot and Lion-Headed Spout; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Faucet with Peacock Spigot and Lion-Headed Spout
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Physical Description: This large bronze faucet features a peacock spigot and a lion-headed spout.
Century: 12th-13th century
Object Creation Date: 12th century
Accession Number: 1959/1.114
Medium and Support: bronze
Primary Keywords: bronze (metal); lions; peacocks

Fauteuil à sespirer pneumatique, from 'Imaginations and Objects of the Future' p; Salvador Dali

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Title: Fauteuil à sespirer pneumatique, from 'Imaginations and Objects of the Future' p
Artist: Salvador Dali
Artist Life Dates: 1904-1989
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1975-1976
Accession Number: 1981/2.110.5
Medium and Support: mixed media on Rives BFK paper
Primary Keywords: chairs; lions; surrealism

Flattened Bottle with Lion-head and Turle Lugs; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title: Flattened Bottle with Lion-head and Turle Lugs
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: Unglazed gray stoneware flattened bottle with two lion-head lugs near teh upper corners, and two turtle shaped lugs on the bottom.
Century: 10th-11th century
Object Creation Date: 10th century - 11th century
Accession Number: 2004/1.210
Medium and Support: unglazed stoneware with appliqued decoration
Primary Keywords: ceramics; flasks (bottles); lions; stoneware; turtles; wine bottles

Folk Durga on a Lion; Artist Unknown, India, Northwest India

Title: Folk Durga on a Lion
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Northwest India
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1976/2.38
Medium and Support: bronze
Primary Keywords: hinduism; lions

Four Arabesque Designs with Human Figures and Animals; Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin

Title: Four Arabesque Designs with Human Figures and Animals
Artist: Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin
Artist Life Dates: 1733-1793
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1733-1793
Accession Number: 1960/2.25
Medium and Support: graphite, pen and brown ink with ink wash
Primary Keywords: deer; designs; flowers; lions; seated; vessels

Hexagonal Bottle with Lion Mask Handles; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Hexagonal Bottle with Lion Mask Handles
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1860 - circa 1910
Accession Number: 1997/1.230
Medium and Support: stoneware with clear (?) glaze
Primary Keywords: bottle; handles; lions; masks

Hotel de Ville, Brussels; Albert Kahn

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Title: Hotel de Ville, Brussels
Artist: Albert Kahn
Artist Life Dates: (1869 - 1942)
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: August 18, 1891
Accession Number: 1972/2.516
Medium and Support: graphite on paper
Primary Keywords: brussels; face; lions

Iconography series: Saturn, mounted on a tiger; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School

Title: Iconography series: Saturn, mounted on a tiger
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Physical Description: Two figures, Shani and his tiger are depicted centrally in the image. The background is very simple with some grass tufts and a pond near the very bottom of the images.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1840
Accession Number: 1987/1.248
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Primary Keywords: hinduism; lions; wheels

Imari bowl with blue-and-white lion and peony center, festival drums and flowers on sides; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Imari bowl with blue-and-white lion and peony center, festival drums and flowers on sides
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 2002/2.16
Medium and Support: Porcelain, blue underglaze and enamel overglaze
Primary Keywords: bowls (vessels); lions; peonies

In the Presence of the Queen; Edward Kemeys

Title: In the Presence of the Queen
Artist: Edward Kemeys
Artist Life Dates: 1843-1907
Century: 19th-20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1863-1907
Accession Number: 1955/1.140
Medium and Support: bronze
Primary Keywords: alligators; lions; reclining; sculpture

Jaina altar piece of the 24 [Caturvimsati] Jinas: with standing nude figure of Mahavira cast in the round occupying central area of base, flanked by small tirthankaras; incsribed but unread. From Mysore, Karnataka.; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title: Jaina altar piece of the 24 [Caturvimsati] Jinas: with standing nude figure of Mahavira cast in the round occupying central area of base, flanked by small tirthankaras; incsribed but unread. From Mysore, Karnataka.
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century: 15th-16th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century - 16th century
Accession Number: 1978/2.118
Medium and Support: bronze
Primary Keywords: altar; jaina shrines; jainism; lions

Le Dauphin avec le minteau royal et la couronne...; Abraham Bosse

Title: Le Dauphin avec le minteau royal et la couronne...
Artist: Abraham Bosse
Artist Life Dates: 1602-1676
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1638
Accession Number: 1988/2.21
Medium and Support: etching on paper
Primary Keywords: columns; figures; fish; fishing; girl; jesus christ; lions; mary

Leaf from a Bible with Daniel in the lions' den aided by the prophet Habakuk; Artist Unknown, France

Title: Leaf from a Bible with Daniel in the lions' den aided by the prophet Habakuk
Artist: Artist Unknown, France
Physical Description: Two columns of Latin text fill this page taken from a bible manuscript. A painting in a gold rectangular frame is located in the lower right column. An angel descends from a blue semicircular disc in the upper right corner of the painting and grasps a larger figure by the hair with both hands. This second figure holds a jug in his left hand and a plate with bread in his right. A third figure, dressed in a white robe, reaches up toward this larger figure from an enclosure below. He appears against a black background and four gray animal heads overlap his torso.
Century: 13th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1290
Accession Number: 1993/2.10
Medium and Support: ink, tempera and gold on parchment
Primary Keywords: angels; bible; bread; christianity; jugs (pitchers); lions; manuscripts

Lion and Two Acrobats; Alexander Calder

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Title: Lion and Two Acrobats
Artist: Alexander Calder
Artist Life Dates: 1898 - 1976
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1931-1932
Accession Number: 1948/1.260
Medium and Support: colored crayons on tan paper
Primary Keywords: circuses; lions

Lion Attacking a Horse (recto), Study of a Seated Woman in a Landscape (verso); Eugène Delacroix

Title: Lion Attacking a Horse (recto), Study of a Seated Woman in a Landscape (verso)
Artist: Eugène Delacroix
Artist Life Dates: 1798-1863
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1830
Accession Number: 1958/2.71
Medium and Support: brown ink and gray wash on off-white wove paper
Primary Keywords: horses; landscapes; lions; seated

Lion attacking a quadruped (architectural fragment); India, Madhya Pradesh, Mathura

Title: Lion attacking a quadruped (architectural fragment)
Artist: India, Madhya Pradesh, Mathura
Physical Description: A terracotta block, probably originally part of a frieze around a building, with molded and incised design.
Century: 3rd-4th century
Object Creation Date: 3rd century - 4th century
Accession Number: 1994/1.77
Medium and Support: terracotta
Primary Keywords: architectural; fragment; lions; relief

Lion Devouring a Horse (Lion dévorant un cheval); Eugène Delacroix

Title: Lion Devouring a Horse (Lion dévorant un cheval)
Artist: Eugène Delacroix
Physical Description: This black and white print depicts a male lion attacking the body of a horse near a rocky cave. Only the front portion of the horse is shown, lying on its side on the ground. The lion crouches above the horse and presses down with its front paws, claws extended, as it sinks its teeth into the horse's neck. There is a fierce, wild eyed expression on the lion's face. The scene is set in an undefined rocky landscape.
Artist Life Dates: 1798-1863
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1844
Accession Number: 1954/2.25
Medium and Support: transfer lithograph laid down on heavy cream wove paper
Primary Keywords: death; horses; lions

Lion Nursing Cubs; Eugène Delacroix

Title: Lion Nursing Cubs
Artist: Eugène Delacroix
Artist Life Dates: 1798-1863
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1853
Accession Number: 1997/1.66
Medium and Support: graphite on medium, moderately textured beige laid paper
Primary Keywords: lions; mother