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  2. Category:Lions in art - Wikipedia

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    Lion depictions in art. Lion Devouring a Rabbit. The Lion Hunt (Delacroix) Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal. The Lion Hunt (Rubens) The Lion in Love (painting) Lion mask. Lions in the Desert.

  3. Canova Lions - Wikipedia

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    Canova Lions. /  38.895889°N 77.039583°W  / 38.895889; -77.039583. The Canova Lions, located in front of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., are copies of a pair of lions sculpted by Antonio Canova in 1792 for the tomb of Pope Clement XIII [ 1] in St Peter's in Rome. The originals were sculpted from marble; these were cast ...

  4. Cultural depictions of lions - Wikipedia

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    Lion is also title of the fourth grade of mithraism. [6] The first symbol of the lion and Sun, which is related to the Achaemenid period. Lions have been extensively used in ancient Persia as sculptures and on the walls of palaces, in fire temples, tombs, on dishes and jewellery; especially during the Achaemenid Empire. The gates were adorned ...

  5. Lions (Kemeys) - Wikipedia

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    Lions. (Kemeys) Lions is a pair of 1893 bronze sculptures by Edward Kemeys, installed outside of the main entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. The sculptures are well-recognized public artworks. The sculptures were commissioned by Florence Lathrop Field as a gift to the museum in memory of her late husband Henry Field.

  6. Daniel in the Lions' Den (Rubens) - Wikipedia

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    Daniel in the Lions' Den is a painting from around 1615 by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens which is displayed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The painting depicts Daniel in the event of Daniel in the Lions Den. The artwork was owned by Charles I of England after being given by Dudley Carleton, 1st Viscount Dorchester.

  7. Between the Lions - Wikipedia

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    Release. April 3, 2000. (2000-04-03) –. November 22, 2010. (2010-11-22) Between the Lions is an American animated/live-action/puppet educational children's television series designed to promote reading. The show is a co-production between WGBH in Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, in association with Mississippi Public ...

  8. Lion of Babylon (statue) - Wikipedia

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    Lion of Babylon in 1909. Lion of Babylon from the left side [1] Lion of Babylon is a stone sculpture, over 3,600 years old, that was found in the ancient city of Babylon, Iraq. [1] Its discovery was first documented in 1817 by Claudius Rich, although it may have been seen as early as 1790 by Joseph de Beauchamp. [2]

  9. Royal Banner of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Royal Banner being flown above Holyrood Palace. Displaying a red lion rampant, with blue tongue and claws, within a red double border on a yellow background, the design of the Royal Banner of Scotland is formally specified in heraldry as: Or, a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the second, [12] meaning: A gold (Or) background, whose ...