Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - Lion and Serpent No 3 (sketch) - Walters 2787 - Profile.jpg This composition is Barye's earliest freely rendered version of the subject as opposed to a mechanical reproduction The lion is more threatening than in other versions and raises its paw as it prepares to strike the snake modeled ca 1832 golden bronze with red-brown patina cm 13 7 19 1 11 4 accession number 27 87 32603 William T Walters Baltimore 1886 George A Lucas as agent he purchased two unspecified bronze models of Lion and Serpent from Montaignac on January 22 1886 Lucas Diary 2 623 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum 1931 by bequest Acquired by William T Walters 1886 Signature Cast through from model BARYE; Number Painted inside in white W 8 The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 Untamed The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Palm Beach 2007-2008 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Gilding bronze sculptures |