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Lion Studies

Wilhelm KuhnertWW-1885-560258

1885·graphite on paper·9 1/2 x 11 7/8 in. (24.2 x 30.2 cm)

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Catalogue

Year: 1885
Medium: graphite on paper
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 11 7/8 in. (24.2 x 30.2 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Wilhelm Kuhnert

Artist

Wilhelm Kuhnert

Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Kuhnert was a German painter, author and illustrator, who specialized in animal images. After illustrating the books of Alfred Brehm, he travelled to German East Africa to observe animals in their habitat and produced numerous paintings that defined Africa for many Germans of the period.

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