The “Artis” is short for the zoo of Amsterdam, officially called “Natura Artis Magistra”, Latin\u00a0for “Nature is the teacher of art and science”. The \u00a0zoo\u00a0is in the centre of\u00a0Amsterdam.\u00a0It\u00a0is the oldest zoo in the\u00a0Netherlands (founded 1838)\u00a0\u00a0and one of the oldest zoos of mainland Europe.<\/p>\n
Artis contains 27 monumental buildings, most of which are used as enclosures for the animals, making Artis a unique cultural heritage of the 19th century.<\/p>\n
The scene in the painting shows a woman and a child, dressed in the fin-de-si\u00e8cle fashion of their time in front of the lion cage.<\/p>\n
We’ve basically chosen this painting of the french painter Bombled to challenge you: who will come up with a real lion? Or maybe you can find the actual building in the Artis Zoo of today and pose in front of it?<\/p>\n
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