Antoine-Louis Barye and Barbedienne
Lioness
1832-1919
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Bronze, brown patina, marble base, 2 5/8 H x 15 1/2 L x 4 3/16 D in.
Credit Line
Bequest of Virginia Fox, Palm Beach, Florida
Object Number
1988.9
Panther lying on ground with head raised looking straight ahead, mouth closed, proper right foreleg straight, and proper left forepaw curled toward the right. The panther's tail is on the ground and curled toward the proper right. Base: oval flat ground with rim.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1988; Virginia Fox, Palm Beach, Florida
Pivar: A 72, p. 149 (identified incorrectly as Panthère de l'Inde).
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 189, p. 218.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p.74.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 189, p. 218.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p.74.
