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Seated Lion, (sculpture). Artist:  Barye, Antoine Louis, 1796-1875, sculptor. F. Barbedienne fonderie, founder. Title:  Seated Lion, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Barye Bronzes: Seated Lion, (sculpture). Dates:  Original 1847. Dedicated Feb. 1, 1885. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 75 x 38 x 73 in.; Base: approx. 41 x 51 x 86 in. Inscription:  (Sculpture, proper right lower front:) BARYE/1847 (Sculpture, proper left, lower rear:) F. BARBEDIENNE - FONDEUR (Base, plaque on front:) BARYE/1796-1874 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A seated lion rests on a square granite base. Two sides of the base are adorned with a small bronze relief of a lion. Subject:  Animal -- Lion Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore Copy Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Baltimore, Recreation and Parks, 2600 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21217 Located Mt. Vernon Place, Washington Monument, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Provenance:  Formerly located Mt. Vernon Place, West Garden, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 1885-1916. Remarks:  This sculpture is one of five bronzes by Barye that were given to the City of Baltimore by wealthy businessman William Thompson Walters in 1885. Originally, all five were installed in the West Garden of Mt. Vernon Place. In 1916, due to landscaping improvements, the five bronzes were relocated to the area around the Washington Monument. The lion is a copy of one that Barye created for the Garden of the Tuileries in Paris in 1847. IAS files contain an excerpt from William Sener Rusk's "Art in Baltimore: Monuments and Memorials," Baltimore: Norman, Remington, 1929, pg. 9-10; John Dorsey's "Mount Vernon Place," Baltimore: Maclay & Associates, 1983, pg. 24-25; and Kathleen Kotarba's report "The Baltimore Bronze Project," Baltimore: Baltimore City Commission for historical and Architectural Preservation, July 1989. For related information see: Henry and Caroline Naylor's "Public Monuments & Sculpture of Baltimore: An Introduction to the Collection," 1987, pg. 11; and Wilbur Harvey Hunter's "The Monumental City, The Rinehart School of Sculpture 75th Anniversary Catalogue 1896-1971," pg. 18. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1992. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 75005995   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75005995 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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