The Hungry Lion Throws Itself On The Antelope - Life Size Posters The Elephants Van Gogh said he wanted

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1906-1907 Print by Odilon Redon

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The Hungry Lion Throws Itself On The Antelope - Life Size Posters The Elephants Van Gogh said he wantedThe Hungry Lion features a jungle scene of thick green foliage lit by a deep red setting sun. In the foreground, a lion bites deeply into the neck of an antelope. Other animals are visible in the dense undergrowth: a panther watches from the right, an owl stares out of the background holding a bloody strand of meat in its beak in the centre, with a second bird to its left, and dark ape like shape with gimlet eye lurks to the left.