Physical Qualities
Bronze, 10-5/16 H x 16-1/2 W x 5 D in. (with base); 8-7/8 H x 15-7/8 W x 4-1/16 D in. (without marble base)
Credit Line
Bequest of Francis Burns Harvey
Object Number
1931.20.100
Lion walking with proper right fore and hind legs moving forward. The lion's mouth is open, and its tail is curled downward with the bushy tip almost touching the proper left hind leg. Physical details and texture are clearly articulated. Base: rectangular flat ground with rim.
Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX, Feb. 7-Mar. 7, 1965.
During Preakness Week, Hutzler's Department Store, 212 N. Howard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, May 8-June 1, 1972.
During Preakness Week, Hutzler's Department Store, 212 N. Howard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, May 8-June 1, 1972.
Inscribed: Signed on base: BARYE; F. BARBEDIENNE.FONDEUR. Bottom of base: tape with blue ink writing, BALTIMORE. Top of marble base: label partly torn, ink illegible. Bottom of marble base, label: base 31.20.100. Bottom of base, red paint: 31.20.100.
