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Lion in Love
Creator
Hugh OwenBritish Photographer · 1808–1897
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- 1851–1852
- Medium
- Salted paper print
- Culture
- British
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- d2929b77-a655-48e9-85b6-02e7ea2e603b
Photograph of "Le lion amoureux" or "The Lion in Love," a statue by Willem Geefs, also known as Guillaume Geefs. The statue depicts a nude female figure seated on the back of a lion, as she cuts a nail on its front right paw. The base of the sculpture bears the inscription, "AMOUR, AMOUR, QUANT TU NOUS TIENS, / ON PEUT BIEN DIRE ADIEU PRUDENCE."
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