Lions

Lions on Heraldic Art. 

 

Animals coffer (Louvre OA 2775; 419; 64). Spain - 1050

Lion aquamanile (Brooklyn Museum 86.227.6). 12th C.

Lion candlestick (Brooklyn Museum L2018.6.19). Korea - ca. 12th C. 

Lion rider candlestick (LouvreOA 9104; ML 126). 1150-1200 

Samson & lion candlestick (Louvre OA 6937). 1200-1235

Grotesque brooch (British Museum 2007,8008.1). England - 13th C.

Lion (Museum für Islamische Kunst I. 5364). Iran - 13th C.

Man and lion brooch (British Museum 2004,1003.1). England - 13th C. 

Tile (V&A Museum 1001A-1892). England - second half of 13th C.

Tile (V&A Museum 208-1902). ca. 1300 

Lion fittings (British Museum AF.2818). Greece - 14th-15th C. 

Lion passant badge (British Museum 1868,0904.48). 15th C. 

Dish (V&A Museum 1460-1870). Spain - 1400-1450

Dish (V&A Museum 1712-1855). Italy - 1435-75

Dish (V&A Museum 1759-1855). Italy - 1450-70

Figure of Guanyin (V&A Museum C.128-1911). China - 1450-1550

Dish (V&A Museum 1711-1855). Spain - 1475-1500 

St Jerome in Penitence by Albrecht Durer (V&A Museum E.4653-1910). Germany - 1496-1514

Plaque (V&A Museum 2591-1856). Italy - 1480-90

Elephant and lion (V&A Museum IM.61-1936). India - 16th C.

Lamp fragment (Louvre OA 9559). Italy - 1500

Tile (V&A Museum 1367-1892). Spain - ca. 1500-1510

Lioness standing facing left by Albrecht Dürer (Louvre 16 DR/ Recto). 1520

Sol by Sebald Beham (V&A Museum E.1229-1926). Germany - 1530-50

Etching by Virgil Solis (V&A Museum 13844:3). Germany - 1530-1562

Lion aquamanile (Kunstgewerbemuseum 1874,390). Germany - 1540 

Hercules & lion (Louvre OAR 7). Belgium - 1545-65 

Tile (V&A Museum 222-1880). Spain - 1550

L'Asie (V&A Museum 19338). Germany - 1575

Headboard (V&A Museum 791-1896). England - 1575-1599

Acht Stuck Zum Verzeichnen (V&A Museum E.4249-1910). Italy - 1592

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