狮子

西班牙

On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 01

这头狮子紧绷的肌腱、目不转睛的神情、直立的鬃毛都表达出它极强的爆发力。它和另一头狮子原本伫立在圣佩罗德阿兰萨修道院会堂二楼的门口两侧,该会堂是修道院的修道士开会的地方。这幅湿壁画是十三世纪的作品,它后来被覆盖在十八世纪的整修之下,直到1894年修道院遭到一场大火后才重见天日。后来这幅画被卖给一位私人收藏家,最终由大都会博物馆买下。修道院分馆还展出了一件来自同一个会堂的龙图湿壁画。

Lion, Fresco, mounted on canvas, Spanish

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