Smiling lion supporting the badly damaged statue of Saint Ignatius of Loyola by Czech Baroque sculptor Ferdinand Maxmilián Brokoff (1710-1711) once placed on the Charles Bridge in Prague, now on display in the Lapidarium of the National Museum (Lapidárium Národního muzea) in Prague, Czech Republic. The original statue was removed from the Charles Bridge after it sunk during the great flood in September 1890.

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