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Lion of the July Column
Antoine-Louis Barye1836
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: Lion of the July Column
- Creator: Antoine-Louis Barye
- Date Created: 1836
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 21 x 40.5 x 5.2 cm (8 1/4 x 15 15/16 x 2 1/16 in.) framed: 37 x 58.5 x 4.8 cm (14 9/16 x 23 1/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
- Provenance: (Anonymous dealer); (Heim Gallery, London);[1] sold 1969 to Asbjorn R. Lunde [1927-2017], New York; gift 1984 to NGA. [1] See also the letter from Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki, dated 30 July 1996, to Anne Halpern (in NGA curatorial files); the sculpture was sold to Mr. Lunde from an exhibition at the Heim Gallery. This exhibition is also noted in the index card file of objects sold in the Heim Gallery records, no. W6266-6 (Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: Heim Gallery Records, accession number 910004, Box 105).
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: tinted terracotta
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