After Antoine Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875) A late 19th / early 20th century bronze model of Lion au Serpent (Lion des Tuileries)
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After Antoine Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875)
A late 19th / early 20th century bronze model of Lion au Serpent (Lion des Tuileries)
the seated lion holding down the snake with his right paw, on a naturalistic base, dark green patination, signed BARYE, 19cm high x 27.5cm wide (7.5" x 10.75")
Sold for £2,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • This bronze is a reduction of the Lion des Tuileries, exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1833. The model is illustrated in M. Poletti & A. Richarme Barye Catalogue Raisonné, Gallimard, Paris, page 174.

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