Antoine-Louis Barye
Tiger Devouring a Gazelle (second version)
1856-1908
Physical Qualities
Bronze, green patina, 5-3/8 H x 13-5/8 L x 5-3/4 D in.
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased as the gift of Stiles Tuttle Colwill and the Stiles Ewing Tuttle Memorial Trust
Object Number
2004.3
Tiger lying on ground holding a small gazelle between its forepaws and biting it in the neck. The gazelle's head is resting on the proper left side of the tiger's jaw. The tiger's tail is curled toward its proper left rear flank. The gazelle's proper left hind leg is elongated. Base: oval natural ground with rim.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2004; Christie's; Robert L. B. Tobin by descent from Margaret Batts Tobin; Maryland Institute, College of Art, on loan to The Baltimore Museum of Art; George A. Lucas.
Christie's, 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art and Ceramics, Tuesday, 28 October 2003, p. 192, Lot #197, Sale Number 1291.
Inscribed: Signed, "BARYE"
Markings: The underside with two later added bars, one with two adhesive labels printed, "BMA/cat.#403" and "L.64.15/.1"
