A Man under a Tree Bitten by a Lion while his Horse Escapes

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

A Man under a Tree Bitten by a Lion while his Horse Escapes

Mathais Füssli the Elder

Date
1692
Medium
Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash
Dimensions
sheet: 5 7/16 x 3 11/16 in. (13.8 x 9.4 cm)
Object type
Drawing
Classification
Drawings
Object number
2007.223.14
Credit line
Purchase, Jean A. Bonna Gift, 2007

Artist information

Swiss, Zurich 1598–1665 Zurich

Subjects and terms

  • Lions
  • Men
  • Horses
  • Trees

The Met object ID 380387. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.