Antoine-Louis Barye and La Fontaine
Epagneul No. 1 (seconde version)
1851-1908
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Bronze, red-brown patina, 4-3/16 H x 6-3/4 L x 2-3/6 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
1996.46.92
Spaniel standing and leaning forward (pointing) with proper right foreleg raised and bent. Proper left hind leg is forward. There is a stump on the proper right rear ground (see Poletti & Richarme Reference (2000) below). Base: oval ground; no rim.
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: A16 (p.108) 10 x 18 cm. Photo in book: Private collection. NOTE: base differs from book.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 95, p. 141.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 104.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 95, p. 141.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 104.
Inscribed: Signed on base: BARYE. Bottom of base: two labels: L.66.7.79; 508.
