{"product_id":"daniel-in-the-lions-den-signed-and-dated-1881","title":"19th Century Oil Painting Daniel in the Lions' Den","description":"\u003ch2\u003e🎨 Daniel in the Lions' Den, Signed and Dated 1881 Attributed To Isaac Findler (British 1809–1888)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e🖼️ Subject \u0026amp; Medium \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA striking and atmospheric Victorian religious narrative oil painting on canvas depicting the celebrated biblical story of Daniel in the Lions' Den, traditionally attributed to the Staffordshire artist Isaac Findler (1809–1888).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition portrays Daniel seated calmly upon a rocky outcrop within a shadowy wilderness setting, surrounded by lions yet remaining unharmed through divine protection. Clad in a vivid crimson robe, Daniel gazes heavenward in prayer and contemplation, conveying a profound sense of faith, devotion, and spiritual resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExecuted in oil on canvas and dated 1881, this impressive nineteenth-century biblical painting captures one of the most enduring narratives of the Old Testament. Rich in symbolism and religious significance, the work possesses both devotional character and considerable decorative appeal. The dramatic contrast between the illuminated figure of Daniel and the surrounding darkness creates an arresting visual presence that immediately draws the viewer into the scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e🎨 Composition \u0026amp; Technique  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artist demonstrates a thoughtful understanding of narrative composition, placing Daniel at the centre of the scene while using the surrounding lions to create both visual balance and dramatic tension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA restrained palette of deep browns, warm earth tones, and rich blacks allows the brilliant crimson robe of Daniel to become the dominant focal point. This careful use of colour not only heightens the visual impact of the painting but also symbolically reinforces Daniel's spiritual significance within the narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParticular attention has been paid to the expression of Daniel, whose calm and contemplative demeanour contrasts with the alert and watchful presence of the lions. Strong chiaroscuro modelling creates depth and atmosphere throughout the composition, whilst the dark wilderness backdrop enhances the sense of isolation, danger, and divine intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painting displays many qualities associated with Victorian provincial religious art, where storytelling, emotion, and moral instruction were often prioritised over strict academic convention. As a biblical narrative work, it successfully combines dramatic storytelling with a powerful message of faith, courage, and divine protection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e📜 Historical Context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of Daniel in the Lions' Den originates from the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament and remains one of the most powerful narratives of faith and perseverance within Christian tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to scripture, Daniel was condemned to be thrown into a den of lions after refusing to abandon his devotion to God. Through divine intervention, the lions did not harm him, and he emerged unharmed from the ordeal. The episode became a lasting symbol of unwavering faith, courage in the face of persecution, and ultimate spiritual triumph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout the nineteenth century, biblical paintings such as this enjoyed immense popularity across Britain. Religious artworks were frequently displayed in private homes, schools, chapels, and public institutions, serving as both decoration and moral instruction. The subject of Daniel in the Lions' Den was particularly admired for its dramatic imagery and inspirational message.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, Victorian religious paintings remain highly sought after by collectors who appreciate their rich symbolism, narrative strength, and historical connection to nineteenth-century religious culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e👨🎨 About The Artist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIsaac Findler was born in 1809 and lived in the Staffordshire village of Cheddleton near Leek. Although employed professionally as a house painter and decorator, he developed a reputation as a talented local artist producing landscapes, religious subjects, decorative commissions, and sign painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is believed that Findler devoted increasing amounts of time to painting after his son assumed responsibility for the family decorating business during the late 1860s. He subsequently became known throughout the region for his distinctive and highly individual artistic style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1874 he held a public exhibition of his work in Leek, and examples of his paintings remain preserved within regional museum collections. Significantly, an earlier depiction of Daniel surrounded by lions painted by Findler in 1846 is held within the Staffordshire County Museum collection, demonstrating the artist's long-standing fascination with this biblical narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe present painting, dated 1881, would therefore represent a mature work executed during the latter years of his artistic career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e✍️ Signed \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned lower left \"Findler\" and dated 1881, although part of the signature and date are partially obscured by the frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painting is offered as attributed to Isaac Findler based upon the visible signature, subject matter, stylistic characteristics, period, and comparison with documented works by the artist. This attribution is provided as a professional non-guaranteed opinion based upon visual examination and available research.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e🖼️ Framed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresented in an attractive traditional painted frame that complements both the sombre palette and devotional character of the painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse retains a label for Sevenoaks Art Shop, Kent, reflecting a later stage in the work's framing history and demonstrating that the painting has been professionally presented during its lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFitted with hanging cord and ready for immediate display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e📏 Size\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrame Dimensions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeight: 83.3 cm (32.8 inches)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWidth: 67.4 cm (26.5 inches)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDepth: 2.5 cm (1 inch)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanvas Dimensions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeight: 76 cm (29.9 inches)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWidth: 60.5 cm (23.8 inches)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e🏛️ Provenance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrivate Collection, United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRetaining a Sevenoaks Art Shop framing label to the reverse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSourced via Halls Fine Art Auctioneers, Shropshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurated by Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrivately Loaned and Exhibited with the Famous Lord Hill Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResearch accompanying the work references the artist's documented exhibition history together with the related Daniel in the Lions' Den composition held by Staffordshire County Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e✅ Why You'll Love It\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e🟢 Attributed to Isaac Findler (1809–1888)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e🟢 Signed and dated 1881\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e🟢 Fine example of Victorian religious narrative painting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e🟢 Powerful biblical subject with enduring spiritual significance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e🟢 Large and impressive display size\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e🟢 Strong use of light, shadow, and atmosphere\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e🟢 Striking crimson robe creating a dramatic focal point\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e🟢 Rich Victorian storytelling and symbolism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e🟢 Excellent decorative appeal for traditional, ecclesiastical, and country house interiors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e🟢 Attractive provenance and exhibition history\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e🟢 Ideal for collectors of biblical, religious, Victorian, and provincial British art\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e🟢 Ready to hang and enjoy immediately\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e🔍 Condition Report \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresented in good overall condition for its age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe canvas remains stable and securely stretched and has been relined. Examination reveals age-related craquelure, minor surface wear, scuffs, scratches, and small paint surface irregularities consistent with a nineteenth-century oil painting. The later frame displays expected age-related wear, marks, and minor imperfections commensurate with age and handling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work presents attractively and retains considerable visual impact when displayed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-turn-start-message=\"true\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-id=\"057469c9-0034-4c0d-915e-bc309e104c2c\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"cde53e37-bf08-4d06-961b-09bec3cdfbee\" dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-1-thinking\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"group\/thread-bottom-container relative isolate z-10 w-full basis-auto has-data-has-thread-error:pt-2 has-data-has-thread-error:[box-shadow:var(--sharp-edge-bottom-shadow)] md:border-transparent md:pt-0 dark:border-white\/20 md:dark:border-transparent content-fade single-line flex flex-col\" id=\"thread-bottom-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-token-text-secondary relative mt-auto flex min-h-8 w-full items-center justify-center p-2 text-center text-xs md:px-[60px]\"\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"5339\" data-start=\"5336\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"3622\" data-start=\"3609\"\u003eShipping\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3732\" data-start=\"3623\"\u003eWorldwide Shipping Available — Professionally packaged and fully insured for secure international delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3864\" data-start=\"3734\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"3862\" data-start=\"3734\"\u003eAvailable exclusively through Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD — Inquire now to secure this piece.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\u003chr data-start=\"5557\" data-end=\"5560\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56973620314490,"sku":"CAC-SK-0497","price":6500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0201\/2227\/1808\/files\/BiblicalNarrativeOilPainting_DanielintheLions_Den_Signed_Dated1881.jpg?v=1781364906","url":"https:\/\/cheshireantiquesconsultantltd.com\/de-de\/products\/daniel-in-the-lions-den-signed-and-dated-1881","provider":"Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}