Antoine-Louis Barye created a life-size plaster cast of Lion écrasant un Serpent for the 1833 Paris Salon. The government commissioned a replica to place in the garden of the Tuileries, which caused a member of the Academy to comment: “Are the Gardens … to become a Menagerie?” This piece was one of Barye’s most popular animal sculptures, and he offered reproductions in two different sizes [see 1983.90.202].
- Title
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Lion Crushing a Serpent
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1830s
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 7 x 8 x 3 3⁄4 in. (17.8 x 20.3 x 9.5 cm.)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Bequest of Olin Dows
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- cast bronze
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Animal – lion
- Object Number
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1983.90.203
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
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