Le Lion de Nubie et sa proie, Bronze sculpture in Jardin du Luxembourg, France
Le Lion de Nubie et sa proie is a bronze statue depicting a lion with a bird pinned beneath it in a moment of conquest. The work sits in the southern part of Luxembourg Gardens and captures raw predatory power frozen in metal.
This work was created in 1870 during a period when French sculptors were particularly devoted to depicting animal scenes. It emerged from an era when such representations of wildlife were central to artistic practice.
The sculpture reflects how 19th-century artists were drawn to depicting African wildlife as subjects of artistic study. Visitors can observe how European taste of that era expressed itself through images of distant nature.
The sculpture stands in the southern section of the gardens where paved paths lead directly to it. You can view it comfortably from multiple angles and the surrounding area offers plenty of space to walk around it.
The sculpture depicts an extinct lion species that no longer walks the earth, making it a frozen record of an animal that has vanished. For visitors, the work becomes both art and historical evidence of lost wildlife.
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