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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
In preparation for creating this engraving, the artist observed and sketched an actual lion, likely one brought to the Netherlands by the Dutch East India Company and exhibited in a menagerie or zoo in The Hague.
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Abraham Blooteling (Dutch, 1640–1690) — Various Lions
Stefano della Bella|Pierre Mariette — Reclining lion, plate 
Stefano della Bella|Pierre François Basan — Plate 5: Reclini
Paulus Potter|Marcus de Bye|Nicolas Visscher I — The Lions (
Antonio Canova|Anonymous — Statue of a recumbent lion
Stefano della Bella|Pierre Mariette — Lion, plate 6 from "Va
Allart van Everdingen — Renard Convinces the Lion and Liones
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo — A Lion, Lying Toward the Right (
Allart van Everdingen — The Lion and the Lioness Pardon Rena
Allart van Everdingen (Dutch, 1621–1675) — Reynard the Fox: 
Marcus de Bye|Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder — from The Set of 
Allart van Everdingen (Dutch, 1621–1675) — Reynard the Fox: 
