De leeuw van Luzern Zwitserland The Swiss Lion monument

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antique porcelain statue swiss lion 1792 Bertel Thorvaldsen De stervende Zwitserse leeuw, oude, niet geglazuurde porselein.
after The SWISS LION 1792 B THORVALDSEN sculpture
An antique biscuit,unglazed porcelain statue
The Lion Monument (German: Löwendenkmal), or the Lion of Lucerne, is a sculpture in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and sculpted 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. Mark Twain praised the sculpture of a mortally-wounded lion as "the most mournful and moving piece of stone in the world." This unglazed porcelain is an antique,circa 1900,commemorative copy of the Lion monument,Luzern,Swiss
Basis:17 x 8 cm, a fine hairline in the shield
Zoekertjesnummer: m2245977261