Antoine-Louis Barye
Walking Lion
1837-1849
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Antoine-Louis Barye
Walking Lion
1837-1849
Physical Qualities
Bronze, gold-brown patina, 9 1/4 H x 16 1/4 L x 4 D in. (without wooden plinth)
Credit Line
Gift from the Descendants of Marian and Sidney Lansburgh
Object Number
1998.122
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 wooden plinth.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1998; from Richard Lansburgh, Baltimore; estate of his mother, Marian Lansburgh (née Epstein), Baltimore; from her father, Jacob Epstein, Baltimore
Pivar A 48
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. 64.
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. 64.
Inscribed: Cold stamp above signature: 'BARYE 8'
