Daniel in the Lions' Den (painting)

Daniel in the Lions' Den is a c.16141616 painting by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.

Daniel in the Lions' Den
Yearc.16141616
Mediumoil paint, canvas
Dimensions224.2 cm (88.3 in) × 330.5 cm (130.1 in)
LocationNational Gallery of Art
IdentifiersRKDimages ID: 28802
Websitewww.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.50298.html

The subject is from the Book of Daniel, 6:128. Rubens modelled the lions on a Moroccan subspecies, examples of which were then in the Spanish governor's menagerie in Brussels. In 1618 he acquired more than a hundred pieces of classical sculpture, in exchange for this painting, eight others and a sum of money.

Although the painting shows Daniel as a young man,[1] according to the biblical chronology Daniel would have been over eighty years old at the time of the incident depicted.[2]

References

  1. "Daniel in the Lions' Den". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  2. Boice, James Montgomery (2006). Daniel: An Expositional Commentary. Baker Books. p. 68.


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