Antoine-Louis Barye
Lion au serpent (Lion des Tuileries)
1832-1927
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Antoine-Louis Barye
Lion au serpent (Lion des Tuileries)
1832-1927
Physical Qualities
Bronze, 22 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (57.2 x 74.9 x 39.4 cm.)
Credit Line
The Jacob Epstein Collection
Object Number
1951.125
To commemorate the victory of King Louis-Philippe’s government over the Bourbon monarchs of France, Barye created this image in 1832 of a lion overpowering a serpent. The majestic beast raises its right forepaw to strike the recoiling snake. A monumental cast of this work was installed in Paris in front of the royal residence, the Tuileries Palace. The composition was so popular that it was reproduced in various sizes both during the artist’s lifetime and afterwards.
The Baltimore Museum of Art on deposit; The Baltimore Museum of Art on extended loan, 1929-1951; the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, by bequest, 1945
Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX, February 7-March 7, 1965.
Fogg Art Museum, "Metamorphoses in Nineteenth-Century Scupture", November 1975 - January 7, 1976
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, "Antoine-Louis Barye, Romantic Sculptor", June 18-September 3, 2006
Fogg Art Museum, "Metamorphoses in Nineteenth-Century Scupture", November 1975 - January 7, 1976
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, "Antoine-Louis Barye, Romantic Sculptor", June 18-September 3, 2006
Jacob Epstein, The Jacob Epstein Collection, Baltimore, 1939, p. 29.
Stuart Pivar, The Barye Bronzes, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England: Antique Collector' Club, 1974, p. 124, no. A39.
"Metamorphoses in Nineteenth-Century Sculpture," Fogg Art Museum, exhibition catalog, 1975.
Inscribed: Signature: BARYE
On View at the BMA
