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Recumbent Lion

(French, 1795–1875)
19th century
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
Dimensions7.8 x 18.3 x 9.3 cm (3 1/16 x 7 3/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession number58.1351
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
InscriptionsBarye (in script letters) proper front middle. Founders mark in proper left front corner.
ProvenanceMiss Aimee (b. 1893 - d. 1989) and Miss Rosamond Lamb (b. 1899 - d. 1989), Boston; 1958, gift of the Lambs to the MFA. (Accession date: December 11, 1958)

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