Python Crushing a Crocodile
Object type: Statuette
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French
Artist: Antoine-Louis Barye
Artist bio: French, Paris 1795–1875 Paris
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: modeled 1840 or 1841, cast after 1847
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: wt. confirmed: 6 1/4 × 15 1/4 × 6 in., 7.2 lb. (15.9 × 38.7 × 15.2 cm, 3.3 kg)
Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1910
Accession year: 1910
Tags: Crocodiles|Snakes