Lion with a Snake
Lion with a Snake is an 1832 sculpture by Antoine-Louis Barye. It measures 1.35 by 1.78 by 0.96 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Antoine-Louis Barye, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: sculpture by Antoine-Louis Barye and Honoré Gonon
- Also known as: “Lion Crushing a Serpent”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Curtis Institute of Music and Philadelphia Art Alliance.
Curtis Institute of Music
University
Photo: Alsandro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Curtis Institute of Music is a private conservatory in Philadelphia. It offers a performance diploma, a Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in opera, and a Professional Studies Certificate in opera. Curtis Institute of Music is situated 510 feet southeast of Lion with a Snake.
Philadelphia Art Alliance
Arts center
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts was a multidisciplinary arts center located in the Rittenhouse Square section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Art Alliance is situated 610 feet southeast of Lion with a Snake.
Church of the Holy Trinity
Church
Church of the Holy Trinity is an Episcopal church on Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia. The first service in the church building, designed by Scottish architect John Notman, was held on March 27, 1859. Church of the Holy Trinity is situated 390 feet northwest of Lion with a Snake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rittenhouse Square and Center City West.
Rittenhouse Square
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Rittenhouse Square is a public park in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that is the center of the eponymous Rittenhouse neighborhood. The square is one of the five original open-space parks planned by William Penn and his surveyor Thomas Holme during the late 17th century.
Center City West
Photo: Lucius Kwok, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Philadelphia's Center City West is the downtown area west of City Hall. It contains downtown's upscale shopping district, the financial district, and the museum district along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, culminating in the Philadelphia Art Museum and Fairmount Park.
Center City East
Photo: Eugene Kim, CC BY-SA 2.0.
City Center East is the most dense section of Philadelphia, home to City Hall, the Convention Center, Chinatown, Washington Square West, and Gayborhood.
Lion with a Snake
- Categories: sculpture and tourism
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.94966° or 39° 56′ 59″ northLongitude
-75.17206° or 75° 10′ 19″ westInception
1892Open location code
87F6WRXH+V5OpenStreetMap ID
node 3408073376OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata ID
Q15935044
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Lion with a Snake” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “雄獅與蛇”
- French: “Lion au serpent”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rittenhouse Square and Duck Girl.
Nearby Places
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lion with a Snake”. Photo: Antoine-Louis Barye, CC BY-SA 4.0.