Antoine-Louis Barye and Barbedienne
Cerf de Virginie
1830-1908
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Bronze, brown patina, 3-5/8 H x 5-15/16 L x 5/16 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
1996.46.120
Bas-relief plaque depicting a small deer running on a linear grassy ground with its proper right foreleg stretched forward, proper left foreleg slightly back and bent, and its proper right hind leg stretched back, proper left hind leg forward and bent; the stag's bushy tail is raised. Border: no border.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; from Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, by gift 1910; from Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George Aloysius Lucas, Paris
Pivar: R13 (p.247) 10 x 16 cm. Photo in book: Photograph courtesy of The Brooklyn Museum.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 371 p. 363.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 179.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 371 p. 363.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 179.
Inscribed: Signed: BARYE 1831. Back of plaque, BMA label: 1996.046.120.
