Walking Lion

Inscriptions

Written on base: "Barye"

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.

Exhibition history

Animals as Romantic Icons in French Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 6-July 27, 1986).

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

Artist: Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1796–1875)
Date: after 1836
Medium: bronze
Dimensions: Overall: 22.3 x 40.6 cm (8 3/4 x 16 in.); Base: 10.4 cm (4 1/8 in.)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: Sculpture
Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Credit line: Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
Accession no.: 1939.196

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