Lion Crushing a Serpent

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Lion Crushing a Serpent is a dramatic 19th-century bronze sculpture by Antoine-Louis Barye depicting a powerful lion subduing a serpent, celebrated for its dynamic realism and symbolic intensity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bronze sculpture
sculpture
artHistoricalSignificance key work in Barye’s career
milestone of French Romantic sculpture
artist Antoine-Louis Barye
artisticPeriod 19th century
castingTechnique lost-wax casting
category 19th-century sculptures
bronze sculptures in France
outdoor sculptures in Paris
color dark patinated bronze
commissionedBy French state
countryOfOrigin France
creator Antoine-Louis Barye
depicts lion
serpent
struggle between lion and serpent
exhibitedAt Paris Salon
genre animalier sculpture
hasPart lion figure
serpent figure
hasStyle Romantic realism
hasVersion outdoor monumental cast at Place du Carrousel
iconography lion standing over coiled serpent
inception 1832
influenced later animalier sculptors
locatedInCountry France
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Paris
locationOfOriginal Musée du Louvre
linked to: Louvre Museum
madeBy Antoine-Louis Barye
materialUsed bronze
movement Romanticism
notableFor detailed animal anatomy
dramatic composition
dynamic realism
symbolic intensity
originalLanguageTitle Lion au serpent
linked to: Lion and Serpent
portrays lion with raised paw pinning serpent
subjectMatter power and domination
struggle between good and evil
victory of strength over danger
titleInFrench Lion au serpent
linked to: Lion and Serpent
usedAs model for smaller decorative bronzes

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Antoine-Louis Barye notableWork Lion Crushing a Serpent
Antoine-Louis Barye notableWork Lion Crushing a Serpent
subject linked to: Antoine-Louis