Antoine-Louis Barye
Tigre dévorant un gavial (seconde réduction)
1835-1908
Physical Qualities
Bronze, dark brown patina, 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (10.8 x 10.8 x 27.3 cm.)
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
1996.46.18
Tiger lying down holding a gavial (large harmless crocodile) between its front paws (claws extended), and biting it on the base of its tail. The gavial's tail is wrapped around the proper left side of the tiger's neck. The gavial's long jaw is open and its head is resting under the tiger's proper fron left leg. There is a small turtle partially visible under the tiger's proper right foreleg. Base: oval ground covered with stylized leaves with 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
The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, November 12-December 27, 1970.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art,"The Romantics to Rodin: French Nineteenth-Century Sculpture from American Collections", February 26-May 25,1980; circulated to Minneapolis Institute of Arts, June 25-September 25, 1980; Detroit Institute of Arts, Oct. 27, 1980-January 4,1981; Indianapolis Museum of Art, February 22-April 29, 1981.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art,"The Romantics to Rodin: French Nineteenth-Century Sculpture from American Collections", February 26-May 25,1980; circulated to Minneapolis Institute of Arts, June 25-September 25, 1980; Detroit Institute of Arts, Oct. 27, 1980-January 4,1981; Indianapolis Museum of Art, February 22-April 29, 1981.
Inscribed: Top of base: front/center, stamped 'BARYE 18'. Bottom: orange paint 'LUCAS' (underlined); black paint 'TIGRE DEVORANT GAVIAL - No 2'. Two stickers: L.64.15.20; BMA cat. #401 (ripped).
