A Lion crushing a Serpent, by Antoine Louis Barye

An image of A Lion crushing a Serpent. Barye, Antoine Louis (French, 1796-1875). Bronze, height 16.8 cm, length 21.5 cm, width 10.5 cm, between 1825-1875. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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A Lion crushing a Serpent. Barye, Antoine Louis (French, 1796-1875). Bronze, height 16.8 cm, length 21.5 cm, width 10.5 cm, between 1825-1875. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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Accession Number: M.2-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 7.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 110.63kB
Exposure time: 1/45
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 22/1

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