Sleeping Lion by Night

John Macallan Swan, 1870 - 1910

Slapende leeuw in een landschap bij nacht.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-4681
  • Dimensionsheight 22.8 cm x width 40.6 cm, depth 10.4 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Sleeping Lion by Night

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-4681

  • Description

    Slapende leeuw in een landschap bij nacht.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature: ‘J M Swan’

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: John Macallan Swan

  • Dating

    1870 - 1910

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    • height 22.8 cm x width 40.6 cm
    • depth 10.4 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser Bequest, Montreux

  • Acquisition

    • bequest 1946
    • bequest 2015-08-20
    • interne vervaardiging 1946
    • interne vervaardiging 2015-08-20

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; on loan from Jean Charles Joseph Drucker (1862-1944, Montreux) and Maria Lydia Drucker-Fraser (1886-1944, Montreux), with 70 other paintings, to the museum, 1919;{Note RMA.} by whom bequeathed, with 71 other paintings, to the museum, 1944

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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