Recumbent lion, Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1770-1844, No earlier than May 1825, Sculpture, Statue, Throughout the ages, the lion has often been used in art as a symbolical guardian of one thing or another. This lion was originally created in order to watch over the memory of a famous man: the Austrian field marshal and diplomat Karl Philip Schwarzenberg (1771-1820). However, the memorial of which the lion was to have formed part was never realised., Carved, Height 88 cm, Sculpture, European, Modernity (1800 - 1914

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