Antoine-Louis Barye
Boa Coiled in a Tree
1800-1899
Physical Qualities
Opaque and transparent watercolor, heightened with gum, over traces of graphite, Sheet: 123 × 199 mm. (4 13/16 × 7 13/16 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
1996.48.18804
Cream, medium-weight, slightly textured wove (?) paper mounted on beige, medium-weight, slightly textured paper trimmed to the same size as drawing
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 'Exhibition of Paintings, Bronzes and Porcelains of the George A. Lucas Collection', 1911, p. 100, no. 605.
Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 'Oeuvres de Barye', April 1889, no. 692.
Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Mar. 1947.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute', Oct. 12-Nov. 21, 1965, p. 62, no. 299.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Barye: Contrasting Viewpoints', Aug. 12-Sept. 28, 1975.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Beauties and Beasts: Barye from the George A. Lucas Collection', May 13-Aug. 30, 1992.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Parallels and Precedents: The George A. Lucas Collection in Context," 23 August - 15 October, 1995.
Walters Art Museum, "Antoine-Louis Barye, Romantic Sculptor," 18 June - 3 September, traveled to Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, 8 October 2006 - 7 January 2007, Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, 6 February - 29 April 2007.
Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 'Oeuvres de Barye', April 1889, no. 692.
Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Mar. 1947.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute', Oct. 12-Nov. 21, 1965, p. 62, no. 299.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Barye: Contrasting Viewpoints', Aug. 12-Sept. 28, 1975.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Beauties and Beasts: Barye from the George A. Lucas Collection', May 13-Aug. 30, 1992.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Parallels and Precedents: The George A. Lucas Collection in Context," 23 August - 15 October, 1995.
Walters Art Museum, "Antoine-Louis Barye, Romantic Sculptor," 18 June - 3 September, traveled to Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, 8 October 2006 - 7 January 2007, Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, 6 February - 29 April 2007.
Inscribed: lower right in black watercolor: "BARYE"; by later hands, verso: indecipherable graphite inscriptions, two partially erased or abraded
