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Lion in Love

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British Photographer · 1808–1897

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Date: 1851–1852
Medium: Salted paper print
Culture: British
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

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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