Elephant Defends Man from Lioness
Artist
Gauermann, Friedrich, attributed to
(Austrian, 1803 - 1862)
Place of ManufactureEurope
Mediumoil
DimensionsOverall (sight; frame: 83.0x74.4): 54.5 x 46 cm
ClassificationsFINE ART
Credit LineDr. Gustav and Marie Schilder Collection
Object number1985.059.001
Descriptionthe scene takes place at night, maybe inside a barn (indicated by ladder at left). In the centre, an elephant is attacking a lioness with its trunk and tusks. The lioness is holding onto the right foreleg of the elephant where blood is seen coming out from the wornds. A man seems terrified at the scene & is crawling away behind the legs of the elephant.Status
Not on view
1903
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
Hirado Kilns
Shiwan Ware
1875
Kangyoku lll
