Antoine-Louis Barye
Tigre qui marche
1840-1908
Physical Qualities
Bronze, green patina, 12-3/8 H x 16-1/2 L x 5-5/16 D in. (with base)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased as the gift of Stiles Tuttle Colwill and the Stiles Ewing Tuttle Memorial Trust
Object Number
2004.5
Tiger walking with proper left fore and hind legs moving forward. The tiger's mouth is open (detailed rendition of ridges on roof of mouth, fangs, and teeth), and its tail is curled downward with the bushy tip almost touching the proper right hind leg. Incised lines suggest the tiger's stripes; three knobby vertebrae are visible on the tiger's spine. Base: rectangular flat ground with rim mounted on an additional high bronze base etched with a swag design that is open at front end (BMA 1996.46.6: Lion qui marche that has same base, but different patina).
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 #199, Sale Number 1291.
Inscribed: Signed, "BARYE" on stepped plinth
Markings: The underside with white paint "LUCAS," two adhesive labels printed, "BMA/cat.#405" and "L.64.15/.21" and with further label printed, "Property of Margaret Batts Tobin/Number 68/August 5, 1989"
