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| Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - Seated Lion - Walters 27448.jpg Barye's life-size version of this sculpture was commissioned in 1847 based on a model from the 1830s A companion piece to his Lion Crushing a Serpent of 1833 Seated Lion was placed in the Tuileries Garden in Paris in 1848 There is a life-size replica in Mount Vernon Place Noble and strong the lion traditionally represented royalty in French art Here as Leo sign of the zodiac for July/August it alludes to Louis Philippe who came to the throne following the July Revolution of 1830 Barye produced reductions of Seated Lion with varying detail this one has a sterner expression than the monumental prototype Barye wanted to reach a broad middle class audience Casting in bronze permitted large editions of the same piece at affordable prices First cast 1847 yellow bronze sand-cast in three sections with patina cm 35 5 accession number 27 448 5685 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters The Allure of Bronze The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Sculptures in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
