Antoine-Louis Barye and Brame
Turtle (reduction)
1839-1908
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Bronze, red-brown patina, 5/8 H x 2-1/8Lx 1-5/16 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
1996.46.78
Tiny turtle with head raised and tail straight; pattern on shell consists of repeated irregular squares; edge of shell has a scalloped design. Base: no ground or base.
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
Pivar: A192 (p.234) 3 x 11 cm. Photo in book: Photograph courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art. Note: Two turtles (large and small) in photo - reference Acc.#1996.46.104.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 351, pp. 347-348.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 143.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 351, pp. 347-348.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 143.
Inscribed: Two labels (one over the other) on bottom of base: L.66.9.64.
