Cornelis SaftlevenDutch, 1607–1681Leeuw
May one see it?
Unknown
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
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.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-T-00-236
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
