Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion) as It Is Being Executed, Franz Hegi, 1774-1850, No earlier than 1820, Graphic Art, Lithograph, Lucerne did not have the means to pay Thorvaldsen for carving the monument to the 800 Swiss mercenaries who had fallen in the Tuileries in Paris in 1792. On the other hand, they asked Thorvaldsen to model the plaster model for the monument, after which another artist was to carry out the actual task of carving it. Paper, Color, Printer's ink, Lithography, Printet, Height (plate size) 200 mm, Height (paper size) 265 mm, Width (plate size) 190 mm

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