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A Lion crushing a Serpent, by Antoine Louis Barye

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An image of A Lion crushing a Serpent. Barye, Antoine Louis (French, 1796-1875). Bronze, height 16.8 cm, length 21.5 cm, width 10.5 cm, between 1825-1875. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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A Lion crushing a Serpent. Barye, Antoine Louis (French, 1796-1875). Bronze, height 16.8 cm, length 21.5 cm, width 10.5 cm, between 1825-1875. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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  • Accession Number: M.2-2015
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 768 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 7.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 110.63kB
  • Exposure time: 1/45
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 22/1

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19th Century _WF_Batchelor animal animal figure animals Antoine Louis Barye Barye bronze crushed crushing figure Fitz_AA French lions patina patinated patination sculpture serpent snake snakes

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