File:Antoine-Louis Barye - Seated Lion - Walters 27448.jpg
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[edit]Antoine-Louis Barye: Seated Lion
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Seated Lion |
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English: Barye's life-size version of this sculpture was commissioned in 1847, based on a model from the 1830s. A companion piece to his "Lion Crushing a Serpent" of 1833, "Seated Lion" was placed in the Tuileries Garden in Paris in 1848. There is a life-size replica in Mount Vernon Place.
Noble and strong, the lion traditionally represented royalty in French art. Here as Leo, sign of the zodiac for July/August, it alludes to Louis Philippe who came to the throne following the July Revolution of 1830. Barye produced reductions of "Seated Lion" with varying detail: this one has a sterner expression than the monumental prototype. Barye wanted to reach a broad, middle class audience. Casting in bronze permitted large editions of the same piece at affordable prices. |
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| Date | First cast: 1847 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | yellow bronze (sand-cast in three sections) with patina | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 35.5 cm (13.9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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27.448 |
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| Place of creation | Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Exhibition history | The Allure of Bronze. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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