Antoine-Louis Barye and Heilbroner
Panthère marchant
1825-1908
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Bronze, red-brown patina, 2-15/16 H x 5-3/8 L x 5/16 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
1996.46.117
Bas-relief plaque depicting a panther walking. The panther's right foreleg and proper right hing leg are forward; its tail is curled between its hind flanks; its head slightly lowered, and its mouth closed. The ground is depicted as a shallow straight horizontal line/shelf. Border: none.
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: R11 (p.246) 10 x 16 cm. Photo in book: Photograph courtesy of Walters Art Gallery.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 369 p. 361.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 180.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 369 p. 361.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 180.
Inscribed: Signed BARYE. Back of plaque, BMA label: 1996.046.117.
