Antoine-Louis Barye and Barbedienne
Walking Lion
1839-1908
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Bronze, black patina, 8 1/8 H x 16 1/2 L x 5 D in. (without marble plinth)
Credit Line
Gift of Lulie P. Hooper
Object Number
1954.261
Lion walking with proper right fore and hind legs moving forward. The lion's mouth is open, and its tail is curled downward with the bushy tip almost touching the proper left hind leg. Physical details and texture are clearly articulated. Base: rectangular flat ground with rim attached to a marble plinth.
Estate of Thomas Lanahan; Gift of Lulie P. Hooper
Pivar: A48 (p.131) with (1836) date. 23 x 40 cm. Photo in book: Photograph courtesy of Walters Art Gallery.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 148 and 149, pp. 187-189
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 62.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 148 and 149, pp. 187-189
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 62.
Inscribed: Signature worn away / barely visible on base: BARYE.
