ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)
ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)

Lionne du Sénégal (Lioness of Senegal)

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ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)
Lionne du Sénégal (Lioness of Senegal)
signed BARYE
bronze, mid-/dark-brown patina with touches of verdigris
7 15/16 in. (20.2 cm.) high
Literature
Poletti & Richarme, 2000, no. A67, p. 195

Lot Essay

First offered in Barye's 1857-8 catalogue, Lionne du Sénégal is often confused with its probable pendant, Lionne d'Algérie, edited during the same period. Poletti and Richarme estimate the number of lifetime épreuves to be about twenty, with posthumous casts by Barbedienne, also offered in a larger size, being far more numerous.

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