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- Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi
1834–1904
born: Colmar, France ; died: Paris, France ; active: France
- The Lion of Belfort, mid 1800s–early 1900s
- Where object was made: France
- terracotta
- Object Height/Width/Depth: 24.8 x 34 x 11.9 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth: 9 3/4 x 13 3/8 x 4 5/8 in - Museum purchase: Helen Foresman Spencer Art Acquisition Fund
- On view: Gallery 401 Cabinet E2
- 1989.0039
- Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi
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Proper right profile of male lion, barely rising from a lying position, mouth open, head turned slightly to the proper right: arrow under proper right front paw. Lion is posed against a semi-circular backdrop. Scale and small figure of man at right.