Daniel in the Lions' Den is a 1615 painting by the Flemish artist
Peter Paul Rubens, now in the
National Gallery of Art in
Washington DC. Based on
Daniel 6:1–28, it depicts the Biblical figure
Daniel trapped
in a den of lions by King
Darius the Mede. Rubens modelled the lions on a Moroccan species, examples of which were then in the Spanish governor's menagerie in
Brussels.Painting:
Peter Paul Rubens
Daniel in the Lions' Den is a 1615 painting by the Flemish artist
Peter Paul Rubens, now in the
National Gallery of Art in
Washington DC. Based on
Daniel 6:1–28, it depicts the Biblical figure
Daniel trapped
in a den of lions by King
Darius the Mede. Rubens modelled the lions on a Moroccan species, examples of which were then in the Spanish governor's menagerie in
Brussels.Painting:
Peter Paul Rubens