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Le lion amoureux, c.1836. Creator: Camille Joseph Etienne Roqueplan.
2-930-960 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images
Le lion amoureux, c.1836. The Lion in Love. Scene from the fables of La Fontaine: a lion falls in love with a peasant's daughter and asks the father's permission to marry her. Unwilling to refuse outright, the man sets the condition that the animal should first have its claws clipped and its teeth filed.
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Creator
- Camille Joseph Etienne Roqueplan, attributed to: French: Artist, painter
People Related
- Jean de la Fontaine: French: Author, poet
Digital Image Size
Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3590x4464
File Size : 46,951kb
Aliases
- 2801a
- 1030004032
- 2-930-960
- 2801a
- 2930960