The bronze beasts battled for their lives on their tiny pedestals: bears brawling, a panther slaying a stag, a lion crushing a ... Though his sculptures are on a tabletop scale, they make ...

Best known for his Neoclassical bronze statues featuring exotic animals in repose ... French sculptors and painters before training as a goldsmith. His lively sculptures are considered an important ...

What? The Lion of Venice, an ancient bronze statue of a winged lion which can be seen by countless tourists on a massive ...