Lion Crushing a Serpent

Antoine-Louis Barye, Lion Crushing a Serpent, ca. 1830s, cast bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Olin Dows, 1983.90.203
Antoine-Louis Barye, Lion Crushing a Serpent, ca. 1830s, cast bronze, 7 x 8 x 3 3⁄4 in. (17.8 x 20.3 x 9.5 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Olin Dows, 1983.90.203
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Artwork Details

Title
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
Bequest of Olin Dows
Mediums
Mediums Description
cast bronze
Classifications
Subjects
  • Animal — reptile — snake
  • Animal — lion
Object Number
1983.90.203
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1983.90.203

Artwork Description

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].

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W. S. Rosenbaum, Man, Ox-drawn Cart with Logs and Saw, Cow, Calf and Trough, after 1950, carved wood with metal, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.264I
Man, Ox-drawn Cart with Logs and Saw, Cow, Calf and Trough
Artist
Dateafter 1950
carved wood with metal
Not on view
W. S. Rosenbaum, Man, Ox-drawn Cart with Logs and Saw, Cow, Calf and Trough, after 1950, carved and painted wood with twine, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.264G
Man, Ox-drawn Cart with Logs and Saw, Cow, Calf and Trough
Artist
Dateafter 1950
carved and painted wood with twine
Not on view
W. S. Rosenbaum, Man, Ox-drawn Cart with Logs and Saw, Cow, Calf and Trough, after 1950, carved and painted wood, metal, and twine, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.264E
Man, Ox-drawn Cart with Logs and Saw, Cow, Calf and Trough
Artist
Dateafter 1950
carved and painted wood, metal, and twine
Not on view
W. S. Rosenbaum, Man, Ox-drawn Cart with Logs and Saw, Cow, Calf and Trough, after 1950, carved and painted wood, fabric, buttons, metal, and pencil, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.264B-C
Man, Ox-drawn Cart with Logs and Saw, Cow, Calf and Trough
Artist
Dateafter 1950
carved and painted wood, fabric, buttons, metal, and pencil
Not on view

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Artist
Dateafter 1950
carved and painted wood, fabric, buttons, metal, and pencil
Not on view
W. S. Rosenbaum, Man, Ox-drawn Cart with Logs and Saw, Cow, Calf and Trough, after 1950, carved and painted wood, metal, and twine, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.264D
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Artist
Dateafter 1950
carved and painted wood, metal, and twine
Not on view