ANTOINE LOUIS BARYE (1796–1875) Lion with a Snake No. 1 Bronze cast with a nuanced brown-green patina Signed on the pedestal 24 × 32 × 17 cm With marble plinth: 37 × 35 × 20 cm Bibliography Michel Poletti, Alain Richarme, ‘Barye: Catalogue Raisonné of Sculptures’, Gallimard, Paris, 2000; the model is listed under no. A 52 and reproduced on page 175 There are two plaques measuring 10.5 × 14.3 on the plinth depicting lionesses Each stamped ‘Barye’. Brown-green patinated bronze Signed on the base 9 1/2 × 12 5/8 × 6 3/4 in. With the marble base: 14 5/8 × 13 3/4 × 7 7/8 in. Bibliography Michel Poletti, Alain Richarme, ‘Barye: catalogue raisonné des sculptures’, Gallimard, Paris, 2000; this model is listed under no. A 52 and reproduced on page 175