Lion and Serpent (No. 2)

issued ca. 1858

20 cm 18.4 cm 9.8 cm

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Although listed as No. 2, this version of the sculpture was actually Barye's third variant. It is distinguished by the larger and more threatening snake and by the tufted rather than flowing mane.This particular piece is a foundry model that was sand cast in four sections. It...

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William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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