Antoine-Louis Barye
Greyhound Retrieving a Hare
1869
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Antoine-Louis Barye
Greyhound Retrieving a Hare
1869
Physical Qualities
Bronze, green-brown patina, 10-3/4 H x 17-1/2 L x 5-1/8 D in.
Credit Line
Gift from the Descendants of Marian and Sidney Lansburgh
Object Number
1998.111
Female greyhound standing with proper left fore and hind legs forward; tail down ending with upward curve; prominent rib cage; head bent biting hare in proper right hind flank. Dog is wearing a collar. The hare's twisted body is lying on its proper right side with its head between the dog's forelegs. Base: oval ground with incised lines; no rim.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1998; from Richard Lansburgh, Baltimore; estate of his mother, Marian Lansburgh (née Epstein), Baltimore; from her father, Jacob Epstein, Baltimore
Sona K. Johnson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated by Brain Trust to Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, January 11-February 16, 2003; Sakura City Museum of Art, Chiba, February 27-March 30, 2003; Okazaki City Museum, April 5-May 18, 2003; Suntory Museum, Osaka, May 24-July 6, 2003; Miyazaki Prefectural Museum, July 12-August 17, 2003.
Sona K. Johnson et al, "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art," Tokyo: "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art" catalogue committee, 2003, no. 16, p. 44, ill.
