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The Lion Couple at Rest
The Lion Couple at Rest

The Lion Couple at Rest

Datec. 1920
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionsimage: 22 × 30 in. (55.9 × 76.2 cm)
frame: 28 1/2 × 36 1/2 in. (72.4 × 92.7 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the 2000 Collectors Circle, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM2000.076
DescriptionLion couple laying down side by side. Heads face the viewer. Likely after Geza Vastaugh - see hard file. Copy after Pears Soap chromolithograph, 1900. Perhaps by Henry Ossawa Tanner. the painting is identified with the Continental School.
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