Lion Attacking A Gavial Crocodile

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Object Details

Artist
Isidore-Jules Bonheur, French, b. Bordeaux, 1827–1901
Date
1860
Medium
Terra-cotta
Dimensions
14 5/8 X 13 5/8 X 12 1/2 IN. (37.2 X 34.0 X 31.9 CM.) ON BASE, H: 3 5/8 IN. (9.3 CM.) WT. 40.5 LB.
Collection Object Type
Sculpture
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Museum purchase, 1979
Accession Number
79.238

Paris Art Market
Bruton Gallery, Somerset, England, to July 1979
Museum Purchase, 1979
BRUTON GALLERY, Somerset, England. "French Sculpture: An Anthology of French Sculpture with Drawings and Related Material, 1775-1945," 7 April-26 May 1979, ill. p. 38.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Purchases by the Hirshhorn Museum, 1974-1983," 15 September-14 November 1983.

ASHTON, DORE and DENISE HARE BROWN. Rosa Bonheur: A Life and A Legend (New York: Viking Press, 1981), p. 100, ill.

Signature
Incised On Left Side C, Below Lion's Head: I-J B 1866
Inscriptions
No Inscriptions

Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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