Johann HöchleGerman
Lion with Cubs
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Where is “Lion with Cubs” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- The museum
About the work
Other 19th-century European artists found wild animal imagery as irresistible as did Delacroix. While lacking the raw power of Delacroix’s velvety and incised lithographs, this image of a lioness and her cub must be indebted to his 1831 Young Tiger Playing with Its Mother (1922.4476). While Delacroix sought to find the human in feline physiognomy, Höchle’s slightly caricatured rendition succeeds, though losing something of the grandeur found in Delacroix’s work.
Art Institute of ChicagoCC BY 4.0
Details
- Accession number
- 2013.711
In the catalog
Sources
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — CC0
