Walking Lion

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Walking Lion is a renowned 19th-century bronze animal sculpture by French Romantic sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye, celebrated for its dynamic realism and anatomical precision.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf animal sculpture
bronze sculpture
anatomicalDetail high
artForm sculpture
artHistoricalSignificance important example of Barye’s animal sculpture
artisticGoal lifelike representation of a lion in motion
artisticMovementOfCreator French Romanticism NERFINISHED
artisticStyle Romantic
associatedWith Antoine-Louis Barye’s reputation as an animal sculptor
category 19th-century sculpture
bronze animal sculpture
color brown patinated bronze
countryOfOrigin France
creator Antoine-Louis Barye NERFINISHED
creatorNationality French
creatorOccupation animalier
sculptor
culturalContext French Romantic art
depicts lion
walking lion
era 19th-century French sculpture
genre animalier sculpture
has3DForm yes
inceptionPeriod 19th century
influencedBy study of animal anatomy
material bronze
movement Romanticism NERFINISHED
movementCharacteristic emphasis on emotion and dynamism
notableFor anatomical precision
dynamic realism
orientation profile view
period 19th century Romantic period
pose walking
representation realistic
sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye NERFINISHED
subjectMatter big cat
wild animal
surfaceTreatment detailed modeling of muscles
textured mane
technique lost-wax casting
theme animal power
naturalism in art
visualCharacteristic naturalistic proportions
sense of movement

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Antoine-Louis Barye notableWork Walking Lion