Antoine-Louis Barye and Heilbroner
Léopard
1830-1908
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Bronze, red-brown patina, 2-15/16 H x 5-3/8 L x 1/4 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
1996.46.113
Bas-relief plaque depicting a leopard waking with its proper right front and back legs forward; its head raised and mouth open; its tail curled down between its hind legs. The ground is depicted as a shallow straight horizontal line/shelf. Plaque has a ring for hanging on a wall. 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: R10 (p.245) 10 x 16 cm. Photo in book: Photograph courtesy of Walters Art Gallery. NOTE: Signature in book differs from location of signature on object.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 368 p. 360.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 182.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 368 p. 360.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 182.
Inscribed: Front, l/l: BARYE. Back of plaque, sticker: 1996.046.113.
