This sculpture depicts a very dramatic fight between a lion and a snake. They are rendered very realistically, with most attention on the ferocious expression and violence between the animals. Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875), the sculptor of this piece, spent hours studying, drawing, and even dissecting animals in the Jardin des Plantes. That way he could convey the anatomy perfectly, which allows the impact of the tension to be even bigger.

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