Lion Attacking A Gavial Crocodile
date: label: Date
content: 1860
name: label: Artist
content: Isidore-Jules Bonheur, French, b. Bordeaux, 1827–1901
notes: label: Provenance
content: Paris Art Market
label: Provenance
content: Bruton Gallery, Somerset, England, to July 1979
label: Provenance
content: Museum Purchase, 1979
label: Exhibition History
content: BRUTON GALLERY, Somerset, England. "French Sculpture: An Anthology of French Sculpture with Drawings and Related Material, 1775-1945," 7 April-26 May 1979, ill. p. 38.
label: Exhibition History
content: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Purchases by the Hirshhorn Museum, 1974-1983," 15 September-14 November 1983.
label: Published References
content: ASHTON, DORE and DENISE HARE BROWN. Rosa Bonheur: A Life and A Legend (New York: Viking Press, 1981), p. 100, ill.
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content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Museum purchase, 1979
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 79.238
objectType: label: Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Terra-cotta
label: Dimensions
content: 14 5/8 X 13 5/8 X 12 1/2 IN. (37.2 X 34.0 X 31.9 CM.) ON BASE, H: 3 5/8 IN. (9.3 CM.) WT. 40.5 LB.