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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
creator Antoine-Louis Barye NERFINISHED
depicts lion
serpent
struggle between lion and serpent
exhibitedAt Paris Salon NERFINISHED
genre animalier sculpture
hasPart lion figure
serpent figure
hasStyle Romantic realism NERFINISHED
hasVersion outdoor monumental cast at Place du Carrousel
iconography lion standing over coiled serpent
inception 1832
influenced later animalier sculptors
locatedInCountry France
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Paris NERFINISHED
locationOfOriginal Musée du Louvre NERFINISHED
madeBy Antoine-Louis Barye NERFINISHED
materialUsed bronze
movement Romanticism NERFINISHED
notableFor detailed animal anatomy
dramatic composition
dynamic realism
symbolic intensity
originalLanguageTitle Lion au serpent NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
usedAs model for smaller decorative bronzes

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Antoine-Louis Barye notableWork Lion Crushing a Serpent