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Sleeping Lion by Night

John Macallan Swan

1870 - 1910

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

h 22.8cm × w 40.6cm × d 10.4cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

canvas; oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion

Acquisition Method

bequest

Acquired

1946

Notes

height 22.8 cm x width 40.6 cm

Collection Type

paintings

About John Macallan Swan

1847–1910 • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Comment on works: painter; sculptor; etcher

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