Lion Crushing a Serpent, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Lion Crushing a Serpent

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]

Antoine-Louis Barye

Creation Date: ca. 1830s
Type: Sculpture
Medium: cast bronze

Dimensions: 7 x 8 x 3 3/4 in. (17.8 x 20.3 x 9.5 cm.)

Object #: 1473
Credit Line: Bequest of Olin Dows

Partner URL: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=1473
Linked Data URI: saam:object/id/1983.90.203
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