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Walking Lion

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1840-1850

GUSN

GUSN-189829

Description

Bronze sculpture with a brown patina of a walking male lion mounted on a rectangular stepped base.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sculpture (visual work)
bronze (metal)
patina (condition)
Sculpture

Inscription

"BARYE" (impressed)
"F. BARBEDIENNE Fondeur" (impressed)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

FA036

Maker

Barye, Antoine-Louis, 1796-1875 (Sculptor)
Barbedienne, F. (Foundryman)

Dimensions

6 x 15 1/2 x 4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1465

Places

Paris (Ville de Paris department, Île-de-France, France)

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