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Lion and Snake
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The lion has lowered its head and is about to devour the writhing snake. This plaster is the model for the bronze varient on the lion made for the Tuileries, see WAM 27.157.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
André Theuriet (1833-1907) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Pierre Bertrand, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, August 1955, by purchase.
Exhibitions
| 2024-2025 | Reinstallation 2024: Art and Process. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 2007-2008 | Untamed: The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach. |
| 1995 | The Allure of Bronze. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1975 | Metamorphoses in Nineteenth-Century Sculpture. Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge. |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 7 3/16 x W: 8 3/8 x D: 4 3/8 in. (18.2 x 21.3 x 11.1 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A.P. Fund, 1955
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
27.548
