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| Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - Lion and Serpent, No 2 - Walters 27157 - Three Quarter.jpg First exhibited as a plaster cast at the Paris Salon of 1833 Lion and Serpent may be regarded as one of Barye's most significant masterpieces In showing an animal subject rather than a figurative work Barye broke with prevailing academic conventions King Louis-Philippe commissioned a bronze cast of the statue and had it placed in the gardens in front of the Tuileries Palace The sculpture was subsequently reworked and cast in various sizes ca 1850 bronze cm 26 35 9 accession number 27 157 22333 William T Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 The Allure of Bronze The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 Parallels and Precedents Baltimore's George A Lucas Collection Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1995 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 | ||||
