Lion with Serpent No. 1

1837

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Lion with Serpent No. 1

1837

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

The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, May 1-3, 1984.

Inscribed: Underneath signature, cold stamp 'BARYE 29'