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The Lion in Love is an 1836 oil on canvas painting in the Academic-Romantic style by Camille Roqueplan (1800–1855) now in the Wallace Collection in London.[1]

It shows a scene of a lion allowing its claws to be pared after falling in love with a shepherdess so that he will not endanger her, told in Jean de La Fontaine's fable Le Lion amoureux ,[2] though the painter adds an erotic undercurrent reminiscent of Delilah cutting Samson's hair as well as a Romantic spin on Beauty and the Beast by making the woman the one to pare the claws, thus portraying female beauty as life-threatening, maddening and ultimately fatal.[3] It also forms part of a contemporary fashion for the femme fatale in literature, art and opera.[4]

It was first exhibited at the 1836 Paris Salon under the title Le Lion amoureux,[5] before being acquired by Louis-Philippe of France's son and heir Ferdinand Philippe.[6] His widow Helene then sold it on 18 January 1853 in Paris to Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, whose illegitimate son Sir Richard Wallace inherited it with the rest of the Marquess' art collection.[7]

Bibliography

• (in French) Theophile Gautier: Camille Roqueplan. In: Histoire du romantisme. G. Charpentier et Cie, libraires-editeures, 1874; S. 191–199; S. 195 (Online frz.)
• (in French) Jean de La Fontaine: Le Lion amoureux. In: Les Fables; livre IV, 1. 1668/1694 (Online bei Encyclopédie de L'Agora; frz.)

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[de] Der verliebte Löwe (Gemälde)

Der verliebte Löwe (Le Lion amoureux, heute: The Lion in Love) ist der Titel eines Gemäldes von Camille Roqueplan (1800–1855) aus dem Jahr 1836. Das Werk gehört zum Bestand der Wallace Collection in London.

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- [en] The Lion in Love (painting)

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[fr] Le Lion amoureux (tableau)

Le Lion amoureux est une peinture à l'huile sur toile réalisée par Camille Roqueplan en 1836, de style académico-romantique, qui se trouve conservée actuellement à la Wallace Collection à Londres.

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