Lion and Serpent
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 18 3/8 in. (35.2 × 46.7 cm) Image: 9 5/8 × 12 15/16 in. (24.4 × 32.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Cyrus J. Lawrence, 1909
Accession Number
09.1.5
Tags
SerpentsLions
About the Artist
Antoine-Louis Barye|Jules Laurens · 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...