Antoine-Louis Barye and Barbedienne
Loup tenant un cerf à la gorge
1842-1888
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Physical Qualities
Bronze, brown-gold patina, 10-1/8 H x 17-1/2 L x 5-3/4 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
1996.46.17
Wolf crouching under a stag's neck and biting it in the throat. The stag's proper right foreleg is stretched forward, and its proper left hind leg is bent. The stag's head (with large spread antlers) is bent over the wolf's head. Base: natural rocky oval ground; no rim.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchse, 1996; from Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, by gift, 1910; from Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest, 1909; from George Aloysius Lucas, Paris
Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art
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. 17, p. 40, ill. p. 41.
Pivar: A31 (p.117) 21 x 37 cm. Photo in book: Photograph courtesy of The Baltimore Museum of Art.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 116, p.158.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 132.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 116, p.158.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 132.
Inscribed: Top of base: front/proper right, stamped 'BARYE'. Side of base: back/left, stamped 'F.BARBEDIENNE.FONDEUR.'; back/right, gold embossed 'FB'. Two stickers: L.64.15.19; BMA cat. #400.
