Couchant lion

Italian

Medium/Technique Stone; Marble

Dimensions Height: 13.25; Plinths: 20 x 8.5 and 21.5 x 8.5

Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes

Accession NumberRES.42.21

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope

ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionOne of a pair of couchant lions, see Res.42.22. Heads turned left and right, respectively couchant bodies on rectagular pliths (broken corners); See Res.42.22 for other pair

ProvenanceBy 1949, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes, Boston; 1949, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Holmes to the MFA. (Accession date: April 9, 1942)