A Janissary "of War" with a Lion

ca. 1577–80

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Watercolor, gouache, gold paint, gum arabic, and burnishing
Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 8 13/16in. (28.2 x 22.4cm)
Collection no.: 1997.21
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Jacopo Ligozzi. A Janissary "of War" with a Lion. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

A Janissary "of War" with a Lion — Jacopo Ligozzi. ca. 1577–80.

Medium: Watercolor, gouache, gold paint, gum arabic, and burnishing. Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 8 13/16in. (28.2 x 22.4cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1997.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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