Louis XIV, who saw himself as the new Alexander the Great, adopted the lion as one of his symbols. Although he didn’t wear a lion skin on his head like Alexander, real and imaginary lions surrounded him.
Lionhead gargoyle, Miletus, 2nd century, Pergamon Museum
Anita Guerrini presents some wonderful examples of royal lion symbology found at the Pergamon and Neues Museums in Berlin. You can read the full post here.
