About This Artwork

Italian, Venice

Heraldic Lion, c. 1450

Bronze, black-brown patina
36.8 x 13.3 x 28.6 cm (14 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.)
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. James W. Alsdorf, 1980.503

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Art Institute of Chicago, "Small Bronzes from Chicago Collections," 22 July - 8 October 1972.

Art Institute of Chicago, "Renaissance Decorative Arts from Chicago Collections," 2 March - 14 June 1987.

Ownership History

Ernest Joresco, Chicago, before 1980 [according to copy of incoming shipping receipt, 22 December 1980, in curatorial file]. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf, Winnetka, Illinois, by 1980; given to the Art Institute, 1980.