Antoine-Louis Barye and La Fontaine
Cheval pur-sang d’Arabie
1868-1904
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Bronze, red-orange-green-brown patina, 11-3/16 H x 13-13/16 W x 3-3/8 D in.
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. E. Bruce Baetjer
Object Number
1974.25.1
Standing horse with forelegs straight, and proper left hind leg forward. The horse has a long mane (on proper right of neck only), small erect ears, and a full tail that hangs straight down. Base: rectangular natural ground; no rim.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1974; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Norman Baetjer, Jr., Baltimore, by bequest; either in 1969, from Harry Norman Baetjer, Baltimore or in 1945, from his uncle, Edwin G. Baetjer, Baltimore; Edwin G. Baetjer, Baltimore, by bequest 1923; Charles Koppleman, Baltimore
Pivar: A154 (p.208) 28 x 24 cm. Photo in book: Private collection.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 265, p. 273.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 126.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 265, p. 273.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 126.
Inscribed: Signed on base: BARYE. Bottom of base in red paint: BMA accession number 74.25.1; L.72.10.8.
