Antoine-Louis Barye and Brame
Levrette rapportant un lièvre
1864-1899
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Bronze, red-brown patina, 8-1/16 H x 13-3/16 L x 3-5/8 D in.
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Norman Baetjer, Jr.
Object Number
1974.24.8
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, 1974; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Norman Baetjer, Jr., Baltimore, by bequest; either in 1969, from Harry Norman Baetjer, Baltimore or in 1945, from his uncle, Edwin G. Baetjer, Baltimore; Edwin G. Baetjer, Baltimore, by bequest 1923; Charles Koppleman, Baltimore
Pivar: A15 (p.107) 21 x 22 cm. Photo in book: Photograph courtesy of Walters Art Gallery.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 93, p. 139.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 95.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 93, p. 139.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 95.
Inscribed: Bottom of base, red paint: L.72.10.14; 74.24.8. Signed on base: BARYE.
