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Thursday, April 6, 2017

Lion Monuments

Lion monument: Lucerne, Switzerland

 
 
 
Barye Lion Statue in Mount Vernon

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Barye Lion Statue in Mount Vernon


Created by sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye, the lion was a gift of art collector William Walters to the city of Baltimore. Seated Lion is a replica, the original being in the Tuileres Gardens in France. Sculpted in 1846, Mount Vernon’s statue is a reproduction dedicated in 1885. Barye also created the four statues surrounding the Washington Monument. The base of the lion has Barye’s birth and death dates.  Henri Crenier’s Boy With Turtle sculpture is behind the Barye Lion.

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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