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Lion et lionne se disputant un sanglier

By Auguste Caïn

This bronze duo, "Lion et lionne se disputant un sanglier," shows two big cats locked in a tug-of-war over a boar carcass — cast in the same animalier tradition that made Antoine-Louis Barye a Louvre-worthy sculptor.

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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