Lion of the July Column

modeled ca. 1836; posthumously cast (post 1875)

42.2 cm 20.6 cm 7 cm

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A ferocious lion with a massive mane strides across a shallow ledge. The beast represents the astrological sign Leo; a band with stars behind it represents the sun's path through the houses of the zodiac. The design is adapted from a colossal relief on the pedestal of the July...

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Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paris; William T. Walters, Baltimore, October 22, 1884, by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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