The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 7, 2026

A horizontally oriented etching in black ink depicts two snarling lions in a rocky landscape. One lion lunges left, its muscular body defined by hatched lines. Behind it, another lion faces us with wide eyes and a gaping mouth. The scene features rolling hills and a gnarled tree stump against a sky of horizontal strokes. Below, Latin text reads: "P. P. Rubens pinxit" and "A. Bloteling fecit."

Various Lions

1655–90

Abraham Blooteling

(Dutch, 1640–1690)

after Peter Paul Rubens

(Flemish, 1577–1640)
Netherlands
etching
Sheet: 13.3 x 17.7 cm (5 1/4 x 6 15/16 in.)
Gift of Louise S. Richards 2005.266.3
Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein 11.214.105, state III/III
Location: Not on view
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2005.266.3