Sitting Lion with Shield
MediumMarble
ClassificationSculpture
ProvenanceBought in 1925 in Venice Italy by John Ringling for his intended Ritz Carlton Hotel in Sarasota, Florida. Hotel was never completed due to crash of 1929. Sculptures loaned by The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art to the City of Sarasota in the late 1950s.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN1710
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