Antoine-Louis Barye and Brame
Sanglier blessé No.1
1838-1889
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Bronze, brown-green patina, 6-5/8 H x 9-3/4 W x 4-5/8 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
1996.46.23
Boar with belly and hind quarters resting on ground, head raised, and a spear imbedded in its proper left side. The boar's proper right hind leg and proper right foreleg are bent. The spear in this cast is shorter and at a less sharp angle than that of BMA 1996.46.55. Well defined details and texture. Base: irregular oval ground with some incised lines; no rim.
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, by purchase, possibly 1887 or 1897
Stuart Pivar, "Barye Bronzes," London: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd., 1974, A163, p.216, 16 x 25 cm. Photo in book: courtesy of Walters Art Gallery.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 348, p. 345.
Lillian Maria Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, LMB 45, p.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 348, p. 345.
Lillian Maria Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, LMB 45, p.
Inscribed: Top of base: front center, stamped 'BARYE'. Two stickers: L.64.15.26; BMA cat. #350. Side of base: center, black ink 'MODERN'; front/center, black ink 'M' (rest of word seems to be hidden under plaster).
