Antoine-Louis Barye and Barbedienne
Serpent-python avalant une biche (seconde version)
1851-1888
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- Artist: Antoine-Louis Barye
- Foundry: Barbedienne
Serpent-python avalant une biche (seconde version)
1851-1888
Physical Qualities
Bronze, brown-green patina, 3-3/8 H x 13-3/8 W x 4-7/8 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
1996.46.58
Python lying on top of a hind (female red deer) and swallowing it head first. Base: oval ground; 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
Pivar: A196 (p. 236) 9 x 13 cm. Photo in book: Photograph courtesy of Walters Art Gallery.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 358, p. 352.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 140.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 358, p. 352.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 140.
Inscribed: Signed on side of base: 'F.BARBEDIENNE.FONDEUR'; stamped: 'FB'; top of base: 'BARYE'. Bottom of base, two labels: L.64.15.68; BMA cat. #397. Bottom of base: yellow/white paint: 'Lucas' (underlined); stamped number '44';scratched: 'Lucas' (underlined).
