Lion About to Strike a Serpent (Lion la patte levée sur un serpent or Esquisse du lion des Tuileries)
modeled 1832, executed after 1848
Medium
Bronze, brown patina; marble
Dimensions
Height (without base): 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Classification
Sculpture-Bronze
Culture
French
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Jacob Ruppert, 1939
Accession Number
39.65.57a, b
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About the Artist
Antoine-Louis Barye · 1795–1875
Antoine-Louis Barye (1795–1875) was born in Paris on September 24, the son of goldsmith Pierre Barye and Marguerite Barye. Following family tradition, he apprenticed as a goldsmith under his father and, around 1810, with Martin-Guillaume Biennais, goldsmith to Napoleon. After brief military service, Barye pursued sculpture, studying under François-Joseph Bosio in 1816 and painter Baron Antoine-Jea...