Lion with a Snake
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Lion with a Snake is an 1832 sculpture by Antoine-Louis Barye. It measures 1.35 by 1.78 by 0.96 metres.
The original plaster version, cast in 1832, now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
The original bronze cast now housed in the Louvre
A bronze version of the statue in Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia
A sketch of the sculpture now at Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore
Rittenhouse Square
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Rittenhouse Square is a public park in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that is the center of the eponymous Rittenhouse neighborhood. The square is one of the five original open-space parks plan
Lion with a Snake
…it is now the Louvre. A stone version is located in the Tuileries. Another bronze cast was made in 1891, and was the first bronze statue installed in Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia the following year, where it is known as Lion Crushing a Serpent…
Rittenhouse Square in October 2010
An early 20th century postcard of Rittenhouse Square looking towards 19th and Walnut streets
Rittenhouse Square in April 2006