Lion and Serpent (Lion au Serpent)

Antoine-Louis Barye

modeled 1832, executed probably 1847 or 1848

Lion and Serpent (Lion au Serpent) by Antoine-Louis Barye

Medium

Bronze, wood base

Dimensions

Overall: 9 × 13 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. (22.9 × 34.3 × 17.1 cm)

Classification

Sculpture-Bronze

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1910

Accession Number

10.108.3

Tags

LionsSerpents

About the Artist

Antoine-Louis Barye · 17951875

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...

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