Antoine-Louis Barye and Barbedienne
Chien d’arrêt avec canard
1823-1908
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Bronze, light brown patina, 4-3/16 H x 6-1/8 W 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
1996.46.114
Bas-relief plaque depicting a pointer emerging from tall grasses/rushes at water's edge with his proper right front leg raised and bent. The pointer's head is turned to his proper right and he is looking at a duck in the water (at the proper lower left corner of the plaque). A second duck has taken flight (in the proper right upper corner of the plaque). 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: R16 (p.249) 10 x 14 cm. Photo in book: Photograph courtesy of Walters Art Gallery.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 373 pp. 364-365.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 176.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 373 pp. 364-365.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 176.
Inscribed: Back of plaque, sticker: 1996.046.114.
