File:Winged Lion - Getty Museum (79.AC.140).jpg

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Ancient Iberian sculpture in the Getty Villa

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Object

Winged Lion  wikidata:Q111134682 reasonator:Q111134682
Artist
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Title
Winged Lion
label QS:Len,"Winged Lion"
label QS:Les,"Felino alado tartésico"
Object type sculpture Edit this at Wikidata
Genre mythological sculpture Edit this at Wikidata
Description

This winged feline originally served as the front leg of a wooden chair or throne. Felines were popular in the art of many Mediterranean and Near Eastern cultures.

Certain stylistic features of this piece, as well as the manner in which it was made from separate pieces of bronze joined together, suggest that this work was created in Spain, specifically in the kingdom of Tartessos. The form of the feline's brow is a Tartessian characteristic, as is the triangle design in the creature's ear.

Due to its rich mineral resources, Tartessos, on the Atlantic coast outside the Strait of Gibraltar, was an important port on Greek, Phoenician, and Etruscan trade routes in the western Mediterranean. The art of Tartessos displays a combination of native Iberian elements with influences brought by these and traders and colonists.

— J. Paul Getty Museum, in: getty.edu
Date between 500 and 400 BC
date QS:P,-0500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,-0500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,-0400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium bronze Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 61 cm (24 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 19.4 cm (7.6 in) Edit this at Wikidata; depth: 33 cm (12.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+61U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+19.4U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,+33U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180401
Current location
Gallery 213, Achilles Sarcophagus
Accession number
79.AC.140 (J. Paul Getty Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Tartessos Edit this at Wikidata
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English: Ancient Iberian sculpture in the Getty Villa Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
Source

The Getty Center, Object 103TQK

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Author J. Paul Getty Museum
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