1650
unspecified
From the collection of Brukenthal National Museum
Leul în fața peșterii is a 1650 unspecified by Roelant Savery, a Dutch Golden Age work, held at Brukenthal National Museum.
A lion stands in a dark cave mouth. Sunlight cuts across the scene, leaving half the rock in shadow. Green plants grow at the cave’s edge. Roelant Savery painted this around 1600. He loved showing animals in wild, rocky places. This lion looks ready to step out of the cave. This kind of dramatic light and shadow is called chiaroscuro. It makes the scene feel more real and intense. Look for works by Savery, Roelant next.
Roelant Savery (or Roeland(t) Maertensz Saverij, or de Savery, or many variants; 1576 – buried 25 February 1639) was a Flanders-born Dutch Golden Age painter.
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