Apr 2, 2025 · A Lion Attacking a Horse is the name of an original oil on canvas painting the English painter George Stubbs, from 1762. Stubbs created a total of 17 paintings on this theme for about thirty years.

A Horse Attacked by a Lion (A Lion Devouring a Horse) George Stubbs. published 1788. View by appointment. A Lion Resting on a Rock George Stubbs. published 1788. View by appointment. Portrait of a Young Gentleman Out Shooting George Stubbs. 1781. Horse Frightened by a Lion George Stubbs?exhibited 1763.

Stubbs began an informal series of works on the subject of a lion attacking a horse around 1762 or 1763, and he continued to explore and reinterpret the theme in at least 17 images over a period of about 30 years.

George Stubbs’s scene of a lion attacking a horse can be read as an allegory of highly charged human interactions. This is the first of sixteen paintings by the artist, including the Yale University Art Gallery’s version, to represent this theme.

‘Horse Devoured by a Lion‘, George Stubbs, ?exhibited 1763 on display at Tate Britain.

George Stubbs’s scene of a lion attacking a horse can be read as an allegory of highly charged human interactions. This is the first of sixteen paintings by the artist, including the Yale University Art Gallery’s version, to represent this theme.

Black and white image of a lion on the back of a white horse, attacking it. The horse who is running to the right turns his head back to try and fight off the lion. …

Stubbs built his reputation as a horse portraitist. His aspiration to be a painter of loftier subjects probably led him to paint his numerous lion and horse pictures. In this painting the horse, tense with fear, is depicted with magnificent anatomical precision.

Stubbs painted a number of variations on the theme of a horse being attacked by a lion. Given that animal painting was regarded by connoisseurs and theorists as one of the lowest branches of art, he was quite deliberately testing its limits, showing animals in the kind of serious, dramatic encounter normally reserved for scenes from human ...

Oct 7, 2015 · For some thirty years, from 1762, the theme of a lion stalking or attacking a horse was explored seventeen times by Stubbs, in various media. All these works displayed the artist’s superior anatomical knowledge.