Type: Limited edition prints
Size: 48cm x 33cm
Tirage: 100 copies
A pencil drawing of a bronze statue of a Griffin, a decorative statue of an old street lamp in front of Austrian Parliament Building, Vienna, Austria. It was erected in 1900.
In this architectural decoration the griffin is represented as a four-footed beast with wings, the head and beak of an eagle, ears, the body and tail of a lion.
The griffin, griffon, or gryphon (Ancient Greek: γρύψ, romanized: grýps; Classical Latin: grȳps or grȳpus) is a legendary creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion, and the head and wings of an eagle with its talons on the front legs.
Most statuary representations of griffins depict them with bird-like forelegs and talons, although in some older illustrations griffins have a lion’s forelegs ; they generally have a lion’s hindquarters. Its eagle’s head is conventionally given prominent ears; these are sometimes described as the lion’s ears, but are often elongated (more like a horse’s), and are sometimes feathered.
