The Repast of the Lion
1907 Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
This oil on canvas painting depicts a lion consuming its prey in the center of a dense, lush jungle landscape. It is one of the artist's signature jungle-themed works, reflecting his characteristic meticulous detail and dreamlike composition.
Did you know?
Henri Rousseau, known as 'Le Douanier' due to his former job as a toll collector, never actually visited the jungles he famously painted. He drew his exotic inspiration from visits to the Jardin des Plantes botanical garden and from popular illustrated books about colonial life, transforming his lack of formal training into a unique, visionary style that influenced the Surrealists.
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The Repast of the Lion
Henri Rousseau, 1907
