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Lion Crushing a Serpent
Antoine-Louis Barye, French, born Paris, France 1796-died Paris, France 1875 · ca. 1830s
Antoine-Louis Barye created a life-size plaster cast of Lion écrasant un Serpent for the 1833 Paris Salon. The government commissioned a replica to place in the garden of the Tuileries, which caused a member of the Academy to comment: “Are the Gardens . . . to become a Menagerie?” This piece was one of Barye’s most popular animal sculptures, and he offered reproductions in two different sizes <b>[see 1983.90.202]</b>.
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