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Androcles and the Lion
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
While escaping, the enslaved Androcles became friends with a wounded lion, because he removed a thorn from its paw. When Androcles was captured and thrown to the lions, he again encountered the grateful beast, which then saved his life. The sandstone from which this sculpture is made was mined in quarries in Bentheim County. Dutch merchants had a monopoly on the trade in this ‘Bentheim Gold.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineAndrocles and the Lion. c. 1722 - c. 1728. Jan Pieter van Baurscheit (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
