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Head of Lioness
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Head of Lioness

Alternate Title(s)
  • Head of a Lioness
Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Datec. 1892
MediumOil on paper board
Dimensionsimage: 17 1/2 × 23 1/2 in. (44.5 × 59.7 cm) frame: 23 1/4 × 29 3/8 in. (59.1 × 74.6 cm)
Credit LineCourtesy of the Widener Charitable Limited Partnership, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW1999.135
ClassificationsPainting
Signed lower right, Rungius.
Inscribed back, Property of Mary Mullowney / To Mary Mullowney / with my compliments / Carl Rungius / Dec. 1950 [in artist's hand]
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Region
    Categorywildlife
    On View
    Not on view
    DescriptionProfile of the head of one lioness looking to the right. Unfinished painting with a circle of dark brown paint around the face.
    Curatorial Remarks
    Either a lioness painted in Berlin Zoological Garden (c. 1892) or lioness painted at the Bronx Zoo (c. 1900).