Lioness

Alternate Title(s)

Head of a Lioness

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959

Date1908

MediumOil on Canvas

DimensionsUnknown

Credit LineLocation Unknown

Object numberCC.0051

ClassificationsPainting

Signed lower right, C. Rungius.

Subject

LION

Region

Categorywildlife

Description"Head of lying lioness, neck and shoulders visible, facing to the right. The head nearly profile, is intently looking straight ahead. Dark reddish background," from 1908 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
One lion (lioness)Curatorial Remarks

Class I, XXc, no. 24586, Feb. 19, 1908.

"Lioness. Head of lying lioness, neck and shoulders visible, facing to the right. The head nearly profile, is intently looking straight ahead. Dark reddish background. Photograph on file." From copyright registration long form, February 19, 1908, Class I. XXc. No. 24586.

Photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow, PA-1875-327.

In folder with other New York Zoological Society photographs in Glenbow Archives. Painting based on earlier study probably done in Berlin (see linked object). Inscription flows into signature, "Copyright 1908 by C. Rungius."