''Lion with a Snake'' (French: ''Lion au serpent'') is an 1832 sculpture by

Antoine-Louis Barye Antoine-Louis Barye (24 September 179525 June 1875) was a Romantic French sculptor most famous for his work as an ''animalier'', a sculptor of animals. His son and student was the known sculptor Alfred Barye. Biography Born in Paris, France, Ba ...

. It measures . The original plaster was exhibited at the

Paris Salon The Salon (french: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art ...

of 1833 and is in the

Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon The Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon (french: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon) is a municipal museum of fine arts in the French city of Lyon. Located near the Place des Terreaux, it is housed in a former Benedictine convent which was active during the 1 ...

. It was cast in bronze using the

lost-wax process Lost-wax casting (also called " investment casting", "precision casting", or ''cire perdue'' which has been adopted into English from the French, ) is the process by which a duplicate metal sculpture (often silver, gold, brass, or bronze) ...

in 1835 by . The original cast was acquired by

Louis Philippe I Louis Philippe (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France. As Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, he distinguished himself commanding troops during the Revolutionary War ...

and - after being exhibited in the

Tuileries Gardens The Tuileries Garden (french: Jardin des Tuileries, ) is a public garden located between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. Created by Catherine de' Medici as the garden of the Tuileries Palace in ...

from 1836 to 1911 - is now in the

Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central l ...

. A stone version is sited in the

Tuileries The Tuileries Palace (french: Palais des Tuileries, ) was a royal and imperial palace in Paris which stood on the right bank of the River Seine, directly in front of the Louvre. It was the usual Parisian residence of most French monarchs, from ...

. Another bronze cast was made in 1891 by and was the first bronze installed in

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in Philadelphia the following year, where it is known as ''Lion Crushing a Serpent''. File:Antoine-Louis Barye - Lion and Snake - Walters 27548 - Three Quarter.jpg, Baltimore, terracotta sketch Lion au serpent Antoine-Louis Barye.jpg, Lyon, plaster File:Lens - Inauguration du Louvre-Lens le 4 décembre 2012, la Galerie du Temps, n° 204.JPG, Louvre, bronze File:Lion au serpent, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris 2011 002.jpg, Tuileries, stone File:Rittenhouse Square - autumn - IMG 6554.JPG, Philadelphia, bronze File:Antoine-Louis Barye Lion and Snake Prague Sternberg Palace.jpg, Prague, Sternberg Palace, bronze

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