Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Lion Statues

Art Institute Lion, Chicago, Illinois

 

Lion of Babylon, Iraq

 

Winged Lion of St. Mark, Venice, Italy

 

Lion of Lucerne, Switzerland

 

Medici Lion, Florence, Italy

 

Chinese Guardian Lion, Forbidden City, China

 

Trafalgar Square Lion, London, England

 

Brunswick Lion, Braunschweig, Germany

 

Lion of the Vittorio Emanuele II, Venice, Italy

 

 

 

10 thoughts on “Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Lion Statues

  1. These are great lions! I’ve seen a number of them – but very, very long ago. It was nice to see them again and have them labeled as to where they are.

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    1. I must share … when I worked in downtown Chicago for 15 years I used to go to the Art Institute at lunch time a couple times a month. It took 15 minutes to walk there, 30 minutes to look around, and 15 minutes to walk back to work. It was magical.

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