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Lion
Cornelis Saftleven, c. 1620 - c. 1630
Cornelis Saftleven began drawing animals from life only at a late age. Before then, he had relied on depictions by other artists, such as the animals in paintings by Roelant Savery. The lion in this drawing also seems to have been taken from such an example. The animal’s pose looks unnatural and its head more closely resembles that of a dog.
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-00-236
- Dimensionsheight 215 mm x width 286 mm
- Physical characteristicsblack chalk, with watercolour, heightened with some white chalk; framing line in brown-black ink