Lion and Lioness
Auguste-Nicolas Cain
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Date:
1878
Type:
Animal group
Materials:
Bronze, granite
Measurements:
Pictures
Facts
Betegnelse:
On the front left of the bronze base: "A. Cain 1878"
Owner:
Copenhagen Municipality
Donated by:
The Albertina Foundation
Prework:
Lion and Lioness Fighting over a Wild Boar. (1874). Bronze. H. 37. Cast in bronze 1923 by L. Rasmussen after wax model that has been lost. The model was a gift from the artist to Carl Jacobsen 1888. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Inv. no. 492a.
Original model in plaster exhibited in the Salon, Paris, 1875. Bronze cast in the Salon, Paris, 1882. Later erected in the Tuileries.
Bronze version slightly larger than that in the Glyptotek in the Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Placement
Address:
Jarmers Plads
Litterature
Recommended litterature:
Monumenter Mindesmærker og Statuer i København Frederiksberg og Gjentofte, København 1944, 16. Legatet 'Albertina'. I anledning af legatets 80 aars dag den 18. november 1959, København 1959, 9, 14. Hovedstadens monumenter mindetavler museer. En vejviser, København 1962, 32. Haavard Rostrup: Portræt af en støver i: Meddelelser fra Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, 29. årg., 1972, 96-97. Bent Zinglersen: Københavnske monumenter og mindesmærker, København 1974, 96. Dyveke Helsted, Torben Holck Colding & Torben Melander: Albertina. Et legats historie gennem 100 år. 1879-1979, København 1979, 63.
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Description
The lion has broken the rear hind leg of the wild boar in its jaws. On the ground beneath the group can be seen overturned plants and prickly pears after the struggle.
