Louis VIDAL (1831–1892). Walking Lion

Louis VIDAL (1831–1892) Walking Lion Bronze with a brown patina. Signed “VIDAL” on the pedestal. Height: 20 cm; Length: 33 cm, on a base of sea-green marble. A student of Antoine-Louis Barye and Pierre Louis Rouillard, the Nîmes-based sculptor Louis Vidal specialized in animal sculpture. When he lost his sight in 1853, he relied on touch instead and continued his career. He even worked alongside Barye’s son, Alfred, and became a professor of modeling at the École Braille in Paris in

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Fine arts

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Paris

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H 20 × L 33 cm