Lion's Head and Sketch of a Lion

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Prints and Drawings

c. 1860-70

Edmé Saint-Marcel
French, 1819-1890

The resting head of this sizable lion and the inset detail of his full body suggest that the artist was sketching from life. The rich textures of the chalk highlights and the overall detail reveal that the sleeping pose was no accident, and that the drawing was in fact made in the only moment the animal remained still enough to be captured on paper.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Edmé Saint-Marcel
Title: Lion's Head and Sketch of a Lion
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1860–1870
Medium: Charcoal and graphite, with stumping, and red chalk with touches of white chalk, on brown wove paper
Dimensions: 25.2 × 29.5 cm (9 15/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Reference Number: 1922.3698
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