Lot 188
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A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF 'LION ET SERPENT' (SALON DE 1833)
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A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF 'LION ET SERPENT' (SALON DE 1833)

CAST BY LEBLANC-BARBEDIENNE FROM THE MODEL BY ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE, FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF 'LION ET SERPENT' (SALON DE 1833)
CAST BY LEBLANC-BARBEDIENNE FROM THE MODEL BY ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE, FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY
Signed 'BARYE' and with foundry stamp 'CIRE PERDUE LEBLANC-BARBEDIENNE ET FILS A PARIS'
15¼ in. (39 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in the early 20th century, and by descent.
Literature
M. Poletti & A. Richarme, Barye - Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Paris, 2000, A50, pp. 172-173.

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Lot Essay

Commissioned by Louis-Philippe in 1833, the original cire perdue bronze of Lion au Serpent (Salon de 1833) was cast by Honoré Gonon and measures 135 cm. high. It was shown at the 1836 Salon (n°1864) and placed in the gardens of the Tuileries. It is now in the Louvre. The first edition was cast by Leblanc-Barbedienne from 1905, offering the 'grandeur original' and three reductions of which the present lot is an example of the largest.

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