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 after 1848
Medium: Bronze, brown patina; marble
Dimensions: Height (without base): 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
Credit line: Bequest of Jacob Ruppert, 1939
Accession year: 1939
Tags: Lions|Serpents