Antoine-Louis Barye
Elephant at Drinking Place
c. 1850s
Physical Qualities
Transparent and opaque watercolor with scraping, Sheet: 266 × 376 mm. (10 1/2 × 14 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
1996.48.18803
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
École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 'Oeuvres de Barye', April 1889, no. 685.
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 'Exhibition of Paintings, Bronzes and Porcelains from the George A. Lucas Collection', 1911, p. 98, no. 600.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute', Oct. 12-Nov. 21, 1965, no. 298.
The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, Nov. 12 - Dec. 27, 1970.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Animals: Real and Imagined', Aug. 1-Oct. 27, 1974.
The Tomlinson Collection, The Rotunda, Baltimore, Dec. 17 - 20, 1974.
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, "Les Animaliers: Antoine Barye and His Followers," Jan.17 - Feb. 23, 1975.
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 Colelction in Context," 23 August - 15 October, 1995.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 'Exhibition of Paintings, Bronzes and Porcelains from the George A. Lucas Collection', 1911, p. 98, no. 600.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute', Oct. 12-Nov. 21, 1965, no. 298.
The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, Nov. 12 - Dec. 27, 1970.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Animals: Real and Imagined', Aug. 1-Oct. 27, 1974.
The Tomlinson Collection, The Rotunda, Baltimore, Dec. 17 - 20, 1974.
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, "Les Animaliers: Antoine Barye and His Followers," Jan.17 - Feb. 23, 1975.
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 Colelction in Context," 23 August - 15 October, 1995.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.
'L'Aquarelle depuis un siècle,' L'Art, 47 (1889), p. 19.
Arsène Alexandre, Barye, Paris 1889.
Inscribed: lower right in watercolor: "BARYE"
