Lion and Serpent No. 3 (sketch)

modeled ca. 1832

19.1 cm 13.7 cm 11.4 cm

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This composition is Barye's earliest freely rendered version of the subject (as opposed to a mechanical reproduction). The lion is more threatening than in other versions and raises its paw as it prepares to strike the snake.

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William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1886 [George A. Lucas as agent; he purchased two unspecified bronze models of Lion and Serpent from Montaignac on January 22, 1886 (Lucas Diary 2, 623)]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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