Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - Lion and Snake - Walters 27548 - Three Quarter.jpg The lion has lowered its head and is about to devour the writhing snake This terracotta is a preparatory sketch for the plaster model submitted to the Salon in 1833 ca 1832 terracotta cm 18 2 21 3 11 1 accession number 27 548 4823 André Theuriet 1833-1907 date and mode of acquisition unknown Pierre Bertrand Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum August 1955 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the S and A P Fund 1955 The Allure of Bronze The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 Untamed The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Palm Beach 2007-2008 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 |