Speaking of The Lady & The Unicorn, the lion below would be mine if I were a tattoo person. My favourite medieval lion. (Picture taken at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2018, during the time the tapestries were on loan from the Cluny.)
Very likely. I sat down at one point & when I looked up again I was looking straight into his eyes. He gave me the impression that he was a bit bored & would like to know what was going on. Why the water he could smell was salt & not fresh, for instance.