The artwork in question is titled “Peaceable Kingdom,” created by the artist Edward Hicks in the year 1830. It belongs to the Naïve Art (Primitivism) movement and falls under the genre of religious painting. This piece is part of Hicks’s renowned “Peaceable Kingdom” series.
In the artwork, a harmonious scene unfolds, showcasing a diverse assembly of animals and a stoic figure, presumably an angelic or saintly presence, signifying peace and coexistence. Predatory and prey animals lie peacefully together, epitomizing the painting’s central theme of tranquility and divine harmony, which is further reinforced by the background depiction of people dressed in early American colonial attire. The serene tableau is bathed in warm, golden-brown tones, emphasizing the idyllic and utopian vision that Edward Hicks sought to portray in his 1830 masterpiece.
