The Repast of the Lion
ca. 1907 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions : 44 3/4 x 63 in. (113.7 x 160 cm)
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951
This work was probably shown in the Salon dAutomne of 1907, but it treats a theme that Rousseau first explored in Surprised! of 1891 (National Gallery, London). He based the exotic vegetation of his many jungle pictures on studies that he made in Paris’s botanical gardens, and adapted the wild beasts from popular ethnographic journals and illustrated childrens books. Rousseau’s nickname,
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About this artwork
The Repast of the Lion (ca. 1907) by Henri Rousseau, oil on canvas, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.
About Henri Rousseau
Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (May 21, 1844 – September 2, 1910) was a French post-impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer), a humorous description of his occupation as a toll and tax collector.
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