Antoine-Louis Barye, Atelier de Barye, and others
Lion with Serpent No. 1
1837-1908
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- Artist: Antoine-Louis Barye
- Foundry: Atelier de Barye
- Foundry: Association Martin-Barye
Lion with Serpent No. 1
1837-1908
Physical Qualities
Bronze, brown-green patina, 10 1/4 H x 13 1/2 L x 7 D in.
Credit Line
Gift from the Descendants of Marian and Sidney Lansburgh
Object Number
1998.120
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 resting on the ground, is curled around its proper rear left flank. Individual knobby vertebrae are visible on lion's back. The serpent's head is raised, mouth open, and fangs exposed. Base: irregular oval ground with 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
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 134-135, pp. 175-176.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 66.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 66.
Inscribed: Underneath signature, cold stamp 'BARYE 29'
