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Ivory chest decorated with lion & prey (11th-12thC) from lower Italy or Sicily at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Carved lion on pillar at Lenbachhaus. Munich, Germany. | Death riding a lion sculpture once part of a clock (1513) from Kloster Heilsbronn at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany. | Horse-drawn snow sledge carved with lions & roses (c1700) from Austria at German Hunting & Fishing Museum. Munich, Germany. |
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Carved horse-drawn snow sledge with lion theme (c1680) from Bavaria at German Hunting & Fishing Museum. Munich, Germany. | Nautilus shell engraved in Netherlands with entry of Gustav Wilhelm of Imhoff into Batavia (now Jakarta Indonesia) on wooden lion stand carved in Nuremberg (c1743) at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany. | Wood rack in shape of lion (1823) at Imperial Castle. Nuremberg, Germany. | Lions & mulberry tree carvings which give name to Casa Lleó Morera. Barcelona, Spain. |
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Flying lion creature carved on Casa Lleó Morera. Barcelona, Spain. | Stone coat of arms with lions in garden of The Oldest House. St Augustine, FL. | Gilded frame detail of Christ at house of Simon the Pharisee painting (1570) in Hercules Room at Versailles Palace. Versailles, France. | Lion Crushing a Snake bronze sculpture (19thC) by Antoine Barye at Museum of Fine Arts. Reims, France. |
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Detail of lion at foot of Henri the Younger on his tomb at Rouen Cathedral. Rouen, France. | Detail of lion at foot of tomb of Richard Lion-Heart at Rouen Cathedral. Rouen, France. | Lion detail of Triumph of Bacchus marble sarcophagus (3rdC) at Gallo Roman Museum. Lyon, France. | Marble funerary Lion of Arcoule (1stC BCE) at Arles Antiquities Museum. Arles, France. |
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Katholikon, detail carving of lion bringing down deer on window frame in Ossios Loukas. Greece. | Terra cotta lion below rose window of Merchants' National Bank. Grinnell, IA. | Detail of Androcles pulling thorn from lion on Fireplace by Thomas Carter the Younger of London in the saloon at Russborough House. Ireland. | Centaur archer hunting a lion carved over arch in Cormac's Chapel at Rock of Cashel. Cashel, Ireland. |
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Lion on carved wooden Temple beams, Takayama. Japan. | Roofline details of carved woman wearing lion skin on Teutonia Insurance Co. Building. New Orleans, LA. | Carved lion on John Purroy Mitchel Memorial (c1926) by Adolph A. Weinman in Central Park. New York, NY. | Sandstone lion relief (c1200) with archangel Gabriel & St Leonard from church of San Leonardo at Zamora, Spain at The Cloisters. New York, NY. |
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Lion sleigh (c1780) prob. from Bavaria used for festive events at carriage collection of Long Island Museum. Stony Brook, NY. | French ivory casket panels show Courtly Romances knight against lion (1330-50) at Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH. | Antique ship's compass supported by crown on Spanish castle & lion stand at Chepstow. Newport, RI. | Carved winged lion at base of staircase at Newport Art Museum. Newport, RI. |
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Pictish Droston stone front detail of lace of cross edged by compressed camel & lion at St Vigeans Museum. Arbroath, Scotland. | Pictish grave marker with lion at St Vigeans Museum. Arbroath, Scotland. | Pictish cross-slab (back of #2) with strips showing mounted huntsmen with dogs, mounted warriors, the Vanora execution by lions scene (or Daniel in lion's den) at Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum. Meigle, Scotland. | Pictish graveslab (#26) edge detail with lion & griffin at Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum. Meigle, Scotland. |
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Carved lion & lambs at Scottish National War Memorial. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Carved lion on front of Lion House. Salt Lake City, UT. |
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