Antoine-Louis Barye
Greyhound Retrieving a Hare
1869
Physical Qualities
Bronze, 17 3/4 x 25 x 7 1/2 in. (45.1 x 63.5 x 19.1 cm.)
Credit Line
The Jacob Epstein Collection
Object Number
1951.126
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: rectangular ground with incised lines; no rim.
The Baltimore Museum of Art on deposit; The Baltimore Museum of Art on extended loan, 1929-1951; the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, by bequest, 1945
Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX, February 7 - March 7, 1965.
North Carolina Museum of Art: Mary Duke Biddle Gallery for the Blind; September 1-November 1, 1972.
North Carolina Museum of Art: Mary Duke Biddle Gallery for the Blind; September 1-November 1, 1972.
Reproduced: Epstein Cat, BMA, 1939, p. 29.
Inscribed: Signature: BARYE
On View: Jacobs, Gallery 1
