Antoine-Louis Barye
Lion with Serpent (Tuileries Lion)
1832-1930
Physical Qualities
Bronze, brown-gold patina, 13 5/8 H x 19 1/4 L x 10 1/4 D in.
Credit Line
Gift from the Descendants of Marian and Sidney Lansburgh
Object Number
1998.112
Seated lion on rocky terrain with head bent downward and turned to proper left, snarling mouth open, holding down a coiled serpent with its proper right forepaw (claws extended). The lion's proper left front leg is resting on the groud, and its tail, also resting on the ground, is curled around its proper left hind flank. The serpent's head is raised, mouth open, fangs exposed. The serpent's tail is coiled around lion's proper right foreleg. Base: irregular oval ground; no rim.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1998; from Richard Lansburgh, Baltimore; estate of his mother, Marian Lansburgh (née Epstein), Baltimore; from her father, Jacob Epstein, Baltimore
Inscribed: Signature: BARYE
