Antoine-Louis Barye and Barbedienne
Tiger Devouring a Gazelle (second version)
Original model n.d., first edition 1857; this cast n.d.
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- Artist: Antoine-Louis Barye
- Foundry: Barbedienne
Tiger Devouring a Gazelle (second version)
Original model n.d., first edition 1857; this cast n.d.
Physical Qualities
Bronze, brown patina, 5-3/8 H x 13-1/4 L x 5 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
1996.46.31
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.
The North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Gallery for the Blind, Raleigh, NC, "Antoine Louis Barye Exhibition", September 1-November 6, 1972.
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, "Metamorphoses in Nineteenth-Century Sculpture", November 19, 1975-January 7, 1976.
The North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Gallery for the Blind, Raleigh, NC, "Antoine Louis Barye Exhibition", September 1-November 6, 1972.
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, "Metamorphoses in Nineteenth-Century Sculpture", November 19, 1975-January 7, 1976.
Inscribed: Top of base: back/proper right, stamped 'A.L. BARYE.' Three stickers: L.64.15.38; 323; BMA cat. #404. Yellow/orange paint: lettering 'LUCAS' (front). Black ink lettering 'TIGRE DEVORANT GAZELLE' (back).
