The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Marble statue of a lion

Marble statue of a lion

Period:: Classical
Date:: ca. 400–390 B.C.
Culture:: Greek
Medium:: Marble, Parian 2
Dimensions:: H. 31 1/4 in. (79.4 cm) length 63 1/2 in. (161.3 cm)
Classification:: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line:: Purchase, Rogers Fund, and James Loeb and Anonymous Gifts, 1909
Accession Number:: 09.221.3

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 156

Description

Marble statues of lions were sometimes used as tomb monuments or as guardians at both ends of a large tomb facade. Like many classical Greek works of art, this statue was taken to Rome during the imperial period.
References

Marshall, John. 1910. "Department of Classical Art: The Accessions of 1909--IV. Sculptures in Marble." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 5(9): pp. 210, 212-13.

Richter, Gisela M.A. 1970. "The Department of Greek and Roman Art: Triumphs and Tribulations." Metropolitan Museum Journal 3: pp. 75, 77, fig. 6.
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What
Sculpture (24,350)

Stone (7,986)

Statues (4,078)

Marble (2,128)

Parian marble (23)
Where
Europe (148,590)

Greece (6,287)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,149)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,329)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
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