Lion About to Strike a Serpent (Lion la patte levée sur un serpent) or (Esquisse du lion des Tuileries)
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 1832, executed before 1847
Medium: Bronze, brown patina
Dimensions: Height: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
Credit line: Gift of Miss G. Louise Robinson, 1940
Accession year: 1940
Tags: Lions|Serpents