In a dense, dark jungle, a lion mauls an antelope while a panther waits its turn and birds tear at the meat. Henri Rousseau's long title in the catalog of the 1905 Salon d'Automne tells the whole story, ending: “the poor animal sheds a tear! Sunset.” It was the first painting by Rousseau to be accepted by a jury, and it was hung prominently at that Salon, while the Fauves, Matisse, Derain and Vlaminck, made their debut in the next room. It was also his first work to be reproduced in a magazine and to enter the art trade: the dealer Ambroise Vollard bought it in 1906 for 200 francs. Look at the left, where a large, shaggy hybrid creature, part bear, bird or ape, lurks with a stick in its paw.

The museum dates it 1898/1905. It is in the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen, near Basel.