Lions fighting over a boar in the Jardin des Tuileries, Paris

This is a slightly larger than life-size bronze sculpture depicting a lion and lioness fighting over the corpse of a boar. It was created between 1875 and 1882 by Auguste Cain (Paris, 1821 - Paris, 1894) and is placed on permanent display in the Jardin des Tuileries alongside many of the other animal sculptures that he is famous for (find more of his work on Scan The World!) He studied under Francois Rude, Guionnet and Pierre-Jules Mene. This object is part of Scan The World. Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email [e-mail] to find out how you can help.