Lion of the Column of July

Provenance

Commissioned 1873 directly from the artist by William T. Walters, chairman of the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s acquisition committee; purchased 1873 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Lion of the Column of July

Barye, Antoine-Louis

model 1836, cast by 1873

Accession Number

2014.136.276

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 20.32 × 42.55 × 6.35 cm (8 × 16 3/4 × 2 1/2 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)