Stalking Lion

Antoine-Louis Baryeca. 1830

Barye could have drawn this rough sketch of a lion from life at the Jardin des Plantes.

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Title: Stalking Lion
Creator: Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795 - 1875)
Date Created: ca. 1830
Subject Keywords: animal; lion; cat; feline
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Roles: Artist: Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795 - 1875)
Provenance: Mme Vildieu-Barye; Fabius Frères, Paris; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
Object Type: sketches; drawings; leaves
Medium: graphite on paper
Geography: Place of Origin: Paris
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 Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma. 2005-2006.
Dimensions: H: 5 1/2 x W: 3 15/16 in. (14 x 10 cm)
Credit Line: Museum purchase, 1949
Classification: Painting & Drawing
Accession Number: 37.2123

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