Antoine-Louis Barye and Barbedienne
Python enlaçant une gazelle
1835-1888
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Physical Qualities
Bronze, gold-brown-green patina, 6-13/16 H x 15-7/16 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
1996.46.5
Python coiled once around the middle of a gazelle's body and biting it in the neck. The gazelle has collapsed on all four legs, but holds its head high and has its mouth open. Base: oval natural ground (stippled); 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
Pivar: A197 (p.237) 16 x 42 cm. Photo in book: Photograph courtesy of Walters Art Gallery.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 359, p. 353.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 139.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 359, p. 353.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 139.
Inscribed: Top of base: rear left, stamped 'AL BARYE'. Two stickers: L.64.15.6; BMA cat. #396.
