Daniel in the Lions' Den (painting)

Daniel in the Lions' Den is a 1614–1616 painting by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.

The subject is from the Book of Daniel, 6:1–28. Rubens modelled the lions on a Moroccan subspecies, examples of which were then in the Spanish governor's menagerie in Brussels. In 1618 he acquired more than a hundred pieces of classical sculpture, in exchange for this painting, eight others and a sum of money.

Although the painting shows Daniel as a young man, according to the biblical chronology Daniel would have been over eighty years old at the time of the incident depicted.

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Daniel in the Lions' Den

category:Paintings by Peter Paul Rubens
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Category:Lions in art
Category:Daniel (biblical figure)
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Category:Paintings depicting Hebrew Bible prophets