Auguste RODIN
Crying lion
(Le Lion qui pleure)
1881

Medium
bronze

Measurements
34.4 × 35.5 × 16.9 cm (overall)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1909

Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

Artwork Details

Inscription
cast in scroll on metal base: GARDE BIEN
cast (diagonally) in top of left side of metal base: 1881 / (...illeg.) I MAI
cast in outside rim of metal base l.r.: ALEXiS RUDiER / FONDEUR. PARiS
cast in top of metal base in rear l.l.: RODiN.

Accession Number
379-2

Department
International Sculpture

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Auguste RODIN
Crying lion
(Le Lion qui pleure)
1881