Antoine-Louis Barye and Barbedienne
Tigre dévorant une gazelle (seconde version)
1856-1908
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- Artist: Antoine-Louis Barye
- Foundry: Barbedienne
Tigre dévorant une gazelle (seconde version)
1856-1908
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
Tiger lying on ground holding a small gazelle between its fore paws 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. The horns have broken off. Base: oval ground 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.
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).
