Rijksmuseum

Leeuw

Date

c. 1620 - c. 1630

Medium

paper, watercolor (paint), chalk

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Cornelis Saftleven began drawing animals from life only at a late age. Before then, he had relied on depictions by other artists, such as the animals in paintings by Roelant Savery. The lion in this drawing also seems to have been taken from such an example. The animal’s pose looks unnatural and its head more closely resembles that of a dog.

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