Antoine-Louis Barye
Walking Tiger
1835-1849
Physical Qualities
Bronze, brown-red patina, 8-1/2 H x 15-1/2 L in. (21.6 x 39.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift from the Descendants of Marian and Sidney Lansburgh
Object Number
1998.116
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.
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
Inscribed: Barye cold stamp under proper right paw: BARYE 16
