Antoine-Louis Barye and Barbedienne
Panthère couchée
1837-1908
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Bronze, brown patina, 2 1/2 H x 7 L x 2 3/8 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
1996.46.28
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 groud with additional wood plinth (the sculpture is not attached to plinth).
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
Pivar: (compare with A72, p.149) 13 x 25 cm. Photo in book: Photograph courtesy of Fogg Art Museum. Note: Base and surface treatment in book differs from that of the BMA piece.
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.
Inscribed: Bottom: sticker BMA cat. #392.
