Lions in Art
Guardian of temples, symbol of kings, adversary of saints — the lion prowls through Assyrian reliefs, medieval heraldry, and Romantic hunt scenes alike.
1,878 public-domain artworks from eight world museums · free to view and download
Terracotta dinos (mixing bowl)
Polyteleia Painter, ca. 630–615 BCE
Artist's Sketch of Pharaoh Spearing a Lion
Mirror Case
Khusrau and Shirin
Hatifi|Suzi, dated A.H. 904/1498–99 CE
Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children
Gian Lorenzo Bernini|Pietro Bernini, ca. 1616–17
Hunters in a Landscape
Jost Amman|Anonymous Flemish weavers|Anonymous, 16th century, ca. 1575–95
Chasse of Champagnat
Box with Romance Scenes
The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France
Jean Pucelle, ca. 1324–28
Figure of a Lion
John Bell, 1845–55
Lion (one of a pair)
Meissen Manufactory|Johann Gottlieb Kirchner, ca. 1732
Hunting Sword with Scabbard
Joseph Deutschmann, ca. 1740
Casket
Michel Redlin, ca. 1680
Sallet in the Shape of a Lion's Head
Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion
Lion
Porphyry support for a water basin
Marble statue of a lion
Vessel terminating in the forepart of a fantastic leonine creature
Panel with striding lion
Furniture element carved in the round with the head of a roaring lion
Handle Depicting a Lion Subduing a Nubian
Foundation peg in the form of the forepart of a lion
Lion Cub
The Repast of the Lion
Henri Rousseau (le Douanier), ca. 1907
Footed Dish with Equestrian Hunting Scene
Lion felling a bull, from a marble pediment
A Pair of Royal Earrings
Two bronze helmets
Cult vessel in the form of a tower with cylinder seal impressions near the top
A Knight of the d'Aluye Family
The Cloisters Cross
Sheet-gold decoration for a sword scabbard
Display dish with Charles II (1630–1685) in a tree
Thomas Toft, ca. 1680
The Goddess Durga Slaying Mahisha
Verdures du Vatican (set of two)
Jean Démosthène Dugourc|Camille Pernon, ca. 1799
Carpet with Palm Trees, Ibexes, and Birds
Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi
Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi, dated A.H. 741 / 1340–41 CE
Tomb of Ermengol VII, Count of Urgell
Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido
Biduinus, ca. 1175
Orthostat relief: lion-hunt scene
The Emperor's Carpet
"Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Govardhan|Mir 'Ali Haravi, verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca. 1530–50
Plaque with Agnus Dei on a Cross between Emblems of the Four Evangelists
Silk Animal Carpet
The Unicorn Purifies Water (from the Unicorn Tapestries)
A Hunting Scene
Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio), ca. 1494–1500
Altar Frontal with Man of Sorrows and Saints