Jean-Léon Gérôme / Lion on the Watch / c. 1885

Jean-Léon Gérôme
Lion on the Watch
c. 1885
View Larger Image

View Full Catalog Record Below

This image is one of over 108,000 from the AMICA Library (formerly The Art Museum Image Consortium Library- The AMICO Library™), a growing online collection of high-quality, digital art images from over 20 museums around the world. www.davidrumsey.com/amica offers subscriptions to this collection, the finest art image database available on the internet. EVERY image has full curatorial text and can be studied in depth by zooming into the smallest details from within the Image Workspace.

Preview the AMICA Library™ Public Collection in Luna Browser Now

Cultures and time periods represented range from contemporary art, to ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian works.
Types of works include paintings, drawings, watercolors, sculptures, costumes, jewelry, furniture, prints, photographs, textiles, decorative art, books and manuscripts.

Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com .

Creator Name: Gérôme, Jean-Léon
Creator Nationality: European; French
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1824 - 1904
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Jean-Léon Gérôme
Title: Lion on the Watch
Title Type: Primary
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1883
Creation End Date: 1887
Creation Date: c. 1885
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: oil on wood
Dimensions: Unframed: 72cm x 100.5cm
Inscriptions: Signed lower left:
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1945.25
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. F. W. Gehring in memory of her husband, F. W. Gehring
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Context: Shown poised above a desert plain, Gérôme's lion evokes the majesty of this wild beast, a favorite subject of the artist. Gérôme had long been interested in African animals, and as a student had sketched lions in the Paris zoo and later hunted them on safari in North Africa.Gérôme may also have identified personally with lions. His family name is a variant of Jerome, a saint whose companion was a lion. The artist's middle name, Léon, means lion.
AMICA ID: CMA_.1945.25
AMICA Library Year: 1998
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright Cleveland Museum of Art

AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder.