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The Lion Hunt, 1855. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 45.1 × 54 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Lion Hunt
- Artist
- Pierre Andrieu (French, 1821-1892)
- Date
- 1855
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 45.1 × 54 cm (17 3/4 × 21 1/4 in.); Framed: 63.9 × 36.4 × 6.4 cm (25 1/8 × 14 3/8 × 2 1/2 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Dellora A. Norris
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1821–1892
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.