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A lean and muscled roaring lion with dense mane on the prowl, with rich patina, signed Vidal. Louis Vidal (French, 1831?1892) pursued a very successful career in sculpture in despite a childhood disease that eventually took his sight. A student of the sculptor Barye, Vidal exhibited his work at the Paris Exposition of 1855 and then at the Paris Salon from 1859 until 1882. The Lion is a bronze cast of a plaster lion Vidal originally showed at the Paris Salon in 1868. As legend has it, Barye introduced him to a lion at a Paris zoo. Vidal was allowed to run his hands over the cat in order to visualize his subject. Measures approximately 18 inches long CONDITION: Excellent
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