Androcles and the Lion

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Androcles and the Lion

Jan Pieter van Baurscheit (I)LinkedCulture matchlcp-b1c00274865b

Date
c. 1722 - c. 1728
Medium
sandstone
Culture
Antwerp
Institution
Rijksmuseum
Object ID
BK-NM-13215-D

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While escaping, the enslaved Androcles became friends with a wounded lion, because he removed a thorn from its paw. When Androcles was captured and thrown to the lions, he again encountered the grateful beast, which then saved his life. The sandstone from which this sculpture is made was mined in quarries in Bentheim County. Dutch merchants had a monopoly on the trade in this ‘Bentheim Gold.

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