Sleeping Lion (designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen)
after Lukas Ahorn (1789 - 1856)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Mahogany
Measurements
37 x 81 x 31 mm
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 549271
Summary
Sculpture, mahogany, The Sleeping Lion (designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen) after Lukas Ahorn (1789-1856). Mahogany carving of a sleeping lion, its head resting on a circular shield with fleur-de-lis, additional circular shield with cross, spears and axe, on a rectangular plinth. Inscribed - 10/- C Huft (sticker) The Lion Monument (German: Löwendenkmal), or the Lion of Lucerne, is a sculpture in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn. It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution, when revolutionaries stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris, France.
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in the will of Miss Ward in 1994
Marks and inscriptions
10/- C Huft (sticker)
Makers and roles
after Lukas Ahorn (1789 - 1856), sculptor after Bertel Thorvaldsen (Gronnegade 1770 – Copenhagen 1844), designer