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Sketches of a Lion
Antoine-Louis Baryeca. 1832
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Barye drew these sketches in preparation for modeling "Lion and Serpent," his famous statue, which originally stood in front of the Tuileries Palace. In addition to showing the lion with its forepaw raised, as in "Lion and Serpent, No. 3," (Walters 27.87) he also included studies of the lion's claws and paw.
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- Title: Sketches of a Lion
- Creator: Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795 - 1875)
- Date Created: ca. 1832
- Subject Keywords: lion; animal
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795 - 1875)
- Provenance: Mme Vildieu-Barye; Fabius Frères, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
- Object Type: drawings;sketches
- Medium: graphite on paper
- Inscriptions: [Stamp] Collection/ VILDIEU-BARYE.
- Exhibitions: Untamed: The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach. 2007-2008., The Allure of Bronze. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995.
- Dimensions: 4 15/16 x 6 5/16 in. (12.5 x 16 cm)
- Credit Line: Museum purchase, 1949
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.2248
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