Antoine-Louis Barye
Cerf du gange
1856-1908
Physical Qualities
Bronze, green patina, 6-3/16 H x 7-3/4 L x 2-15/16 D in. (without marble plinth)
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
1996.46.111
Stag with proper left foreleg forward, and proper right hind leg raised; antlers are tall and spread (different to those in Poletti & Richarme illustration 307, p. 312). Base: oval ground attached to a marble plinth.
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
Inscribed: Bottom of base: two labels: L.66.7.98; (label torn off; no writing visible). Signed on base: BARYE.
