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Head of a lion, 400–300 BCE

Head of a lion

400–300 BCE · Lion, head

Can I see it?

Yes, on view now

Where is “Head of a lion” now? The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery 128, New York. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

Room128

Closed· opens at 10:00 AM

On public display.

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The museum
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Details

Accession number
2012.235

What it shows

Lions

In the catalog

SculpturePlasterBefore 1400Late Period–Ptolemaic Period

Sources

In the same room · Gallery 128, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Museum page
Statue of Horus as a falcon protecting King Nectanebo II, 360–343 BCE

Statue of Horus as a falcon protecting King Nectanebo II, 360–343 BCE

Magical Stela with Horus the Child, 360–343 BCE

Magical Stela with Horus the Child, 360–343 BCE

Statuette of an ancestral king, 380–246 BCE

Statuette of an ancestral king, 380–246 BCE

Torso of a High General, 4th century BCE

Torso of a High General, 4th century BCE

Seated Osiris-Anedjty, probably 284–246 BCE

Seated Osiris-Anedjty, probably 284–246 BCE

Head from a Statue with Magical Texts, 360–343 BCE

Head from a Statue with Magical Texts, 360–343 BCE

Fecundity Figure, 360–343 BCE

Fecundity Figure, 360–343 BCE

Nectanebo II Offers to Osiris Hemag, 360–343 BCE

Nectanebo II Offers to Osiris Hemag, 360–343 BCE

On the same theme · Lions

All works on the theme
Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, ca. 1616–17

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

A Faun Teased by Children, ca. 1616–17

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Repast of the Lion, Henri Rousseau, ca. 1907

Henri Rousseau

The Repast of the Lion, ca. 1907

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Heiliger Hieronymus, Caravaggio

Caravaggio

Heiliger Hieronymus

Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum

Hercules and the Nemean Lion, Nicolò Boldrini, after Raphael, c. 1566

Raphael

Hercules and the Nemean Lion, c. 1566

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Prudence, Marcantonio Raimondi possibly after Raphael, c. 1513/1514

Raphael

Prudence, c. 1513/1514

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

The Small Lion Hunt (with One Lion), Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1629

Rembrandt van Rijn

The Small Lion Hunt (with One Lion), c. 1629

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

The Small Lion Hunt (with Two Lions), Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1632

Rembrandt van Rijn

The Small Lion Hunt (with Two Lions), c. 1632

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

The Large Lion Hunt, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1641

Rembrandt van Rijn

The Large Lion Hunt, 1641

Not on view · National Gallery of Art