Physical Qualities
Bronze, brown-red patina, Overall: 8 1/4 × 16 3/8 × 4 in. (21 × 41.6 × 10.2 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
1996.46.44
Tiger walking with proper left fore and hind legs moving forward. The tiger's mouth is open (detailed renditin 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.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; from Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, by gift 1910; from Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George Aloysius Lucas, Paris
The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, May 1-3, 1984.
"Arcade Auction: Old Master Paintings and 19th Century European Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture," Sale 1579, Sotheby's, New York, 6/17/1997, no.621, ill.
"19th and 20th Century Sculpture," Sale LN4698, Sotheby's, London, 11/22/1994, no.2, ill.
Inscribed: Bottom of base: red paint 'Lucas' underlined. Two labels: L.64.15.52; BMA cat. #406. Signed on left/center base: 'BARYE'.
