Antoine-Louis Barye and Barbedienne
Basset assis (poils long, tête tournée à gauche)
1840-1908
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- Artist: Antoine-Louis Barye
- Foundry: Barbedienne
Basset assis (poils long, tête tournée à gauche)
1840-1908
Physical Qualities
Bronze, brown patina, 5-1/4 H x 10-1/4 L x 3-3/4 D in.
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.46.25
Seated Basset, tail touching base, tip curled up; head turned slightly to the proper left. Base: rectangular flat ground with rim.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchse, 1996; from Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, by gift, 1910; from Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest, 1909; from George Aloysius Lucas, Paris
Pivar: not in book (to A23, p.111). Basset facing opposite way, tail differs, and missing base.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 108, p. 152.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 92.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 108, p. 152.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 92.
Inscribed: Top of base: back/left, stamped 'BARYE'; back/center, stamped 'F.BARBEDIENNE.FONDEUR'. Two stickers: L.64.15.28; BMA cat. #344. On middle bar number scratched in '104'; stamped on right/back number '680'; black paint lettering in center 'BASSET ASSIS'/ 'MODERNE'.
