Lion of the July Column
Medium
tinted terracotta
Dimensions
overall: 21 x 40.5 x 5.2 cm (8 1/4 x 15 15/16 x 2 1/16 in.) framed: 37 x 58.5 x 4.8 cm (14 9/16 x 23 1/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Asbjorn R. Lunde
Accession Number
1984.62.1
About the Artist
Antoine-Louis Barye · 1795–1875
Antoine-Louis Barye (1795–1875) was born in Paris on September 24, the son of goldsmith Pierre Barye and Marguerite Barye. Following family tradition, he apprenticed as a goldsmith under his father and, around 1810, with Martin-Guillaume Biennais, goldsmith to Napoleon. After brief military service, Barye pursued sculpture, studying under François-Joseph Bosio in 1816 and painter Baron Antoine-Jea...