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Daniel praying with hands clasped, surrounded by lions in a dark cave, with bones and a skull on the ground.

Daniel among lions in a cave, after Rubens

A seated, bare-chested man with hands clasped in prayer gazes upward while several lions crowd around him in a dark cave. Bones and a skull lie on the sandy ground, and a red cloth drapes across the rocks.

Artist
Peter Paul Rubens
Date
1 July 1794
Medium
Mezzotints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3105 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1794.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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