Printed to order, one at a time

Crouching marble lion in violet tones in front of a gold disc

Shown: 18 × 24 in · UnframedPreview is to relative scale

Plate Nº 003 · First edition

Lion

Greek · Marble · ca. 400–390 BCE

Price to be set

Size
Frame
1

The real thing

This one exists. Here are the facts.

Work
Marble statue of a lion
Culture
Greek
Date
ca. 400–390 BCE
Material
Parian marble
Primary source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access
Printing
Made to order, one at a time

Why I made this series

These are real statues. Real hands carved them for emperors, temples and tombs, and they have outlasted every one of them. Stand in front of one and it still wins the staring contest. I wanted to pull them off the pedestal and give them the poster a headliner gets: loud colour, a halo, and a name you can read from across the room.

More from The Pantheon

See every series