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Daniel and the Lion is a sculpture created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini c. 1655–57. Standing in a niche in the Chigi Chapel in the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome, it shows the Prophet Daniel in the lions' den. It forms a part of a larger composition with the sculpture of Habakkuk and the Angel diagonally opposite.
Daniel (Arabic: دانيال, Dānyāl) is not mentioned by name in the Qur'an, but there are accounts of his prophet-hood in later Muslim literature, which tells how he was rescued from lions with the aid of the prophet Jeremiah (in Bel and the Dragon it is the prophet Habakkuk who plays this role) and interpreted the king's dream of a statue ...
Bernini depicted a story from the Book of Daniel which tells how God saved Daniel from starving through the miraculous appearance of Prophet Habakkuk in the lions' den (Daniel 14:33-36): "Now the prophet Habakkuk was in Judea; he had made a stew and had broken bread into a bowl, and was going into the field to take it to the reapers.
After 1552 the two statues were supposedly placed on the two sides of the entrance. The present arrangement was created by Bernini who placed the statues of Habakkuk and Daniel diagonally facing each other creating a coherent composition. The statue of Jonah and the whale, a prophet who prefigured the Resurrection, was carved by Lorenzetto (1520
Daniel 2 (the second chapter of the Book of Daniel) tells how Daniel related and interpreted a dream of Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon.In his night dream, the king saw a gigantic statue made of four metals, from its head of gold to its feet of mingled iron and clay; as he watched, a stone "not cut by human hands" destroyed the statue and became a mountain filling the whole world.
A statue of Daniel Kaluuya will be erected in central London to celebrate his performance in Get Out.. The Queen & Slim actor, 35, earned a Best Actor nomination at the Oscars in 2017 for his ...
Daniel in the Lions' Den Year c. 1614-1616 Medium oil paint, canvas Dimensions 224.2 cm (88.3 in) × 330.5 cm (130.1 in) Location National Gallery of Art Identifiers RKDimages ID: 28802 [edit on Wikidata] Daniel in the Lions' Den is a painting from around 1615 by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens that is displayed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The painting depicts ...
Lincoln Memorial sculptor Daniel Chester French's name and story goes largely unrecognized. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...