Physical Qualities
Bronze, brown patina, Overall: 5 5/16 × 7 × 4 5/8 in. (13.5 × 17.8 × 11.7 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.46.50
Seated lion on rocky terrain with head bent downward and turned to proper left, snarling mouth open, proper right forepaw resting on ground, and proper left forepaw with claws extended raised above a serpent that is coiled on the ground beneath the lion. The lion's tail is slightly raised and curled to its proper right. The serpent's head is raised. Base: irregular oval ground with rim.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; from Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, by gift 1910; from Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George Aloysius Lucas, Paris
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection", October 12-November 21, 1965, no. 383.
The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, November 12-December 27, 1970.
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, "Metamorphoses in Nineteenth-Century Sculpture", November 19, 1975-January 7, 1976.
The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, November 12-December 27, 1970.
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, "Metamorphoses in Nineteenth-Century Sculpture", November 19, 1975-January 7, 1976.
Inscribed: Signed on base 'BARYE'. Two labels on bottom of base: L.64.15.58; BMA cat. #383. Bottom of base in yellow paint: 'Lucas' (underlined).
