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Frontal and Profile Studies of a Lion's Head

William Rimmer

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a pencil sketch on paper. The sketch features two lion heads. The lion head on the left is drawn in frontal view with its mane visible. The mane has curved lines on top representing the hair. The lion's eyes, nose, mouth, and jawline are defined. The head on the right is a profile view and less detailed. The profile view shows the lion's ear, eye, nose, mouth, and jawline. The background of the sketch is a plain white piece of paper with a rough edge. There are two small holes punched in the top left and bottom right corners of the paper.

Artwork Details

Medium
Graphite on light buff-colored wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
599 × 416 px
Public Domain
Yes
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