Alexander Phimister Proctor - Buffalo - Walters 2815 - Side A
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Alfred Jacquemart - Monkey - Walters 542496 - Right Side
Although Jacquemart studied with the painter Paul Delaroche (French, 1797-1856) and the decorative artist Jean-Baptiste-Jules Klagmann (French, 1810-67), he was deeply influenced by Antoine-Louis Barye (French,... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - "Surtout de table" - Bear Hunt - Walters 27183 -...
This sculpture of a 16th-century German hunt was placed next to the "Wild Bull Hunt" (Walters 27.178) near one end of the centerpiece. Two hunters, one on foot and the other mounted on a rearing horse, are acco... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - "Surtout de table" - Elk Hunt - Walters 27175 - ...
In the duke of Orléans' table centerpiece, the "Elk Hunt," a scene set in Mongolia, was originally placed on top of a small, temple-like base flanked with figurative statuettes by the sculptor Antoine Moine (17... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - "Surtout de table" - Lion Hunt - Walters 27174 -...
In this North African scene, two Arab hunters pursue a lion and lioness, which, in turn, have been gnawing a fallen water buffalo. The horsemen's billowing garments add to the sense of drama. Scholars have sugg... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - "Surtout de table" - Python Killing a Gnu - Walt...
Barye was fascinated by large snakes and portrayed them in sculptures and paintings. Two Javanese pythons were sent to the Jardin des Plantes in 1838. In this sculpture, a python has entwined itself around the ... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - "Surtout de table" - Tiger Hunt - Walters 27176 ...
One can imagine this hunting scene taking place in the exotic East. This sculpture originally stood on a five-foot-high, gilt-bronze triumphal arch in the middle of the duke of Orléans's centerpiece. Three Indi... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - "Surtout de table" - Wild Bull Hunt - Walters 27...
Sixteenth-century Spanish hunters armed with spears and accompanied by dogs attack a wild bull. It is a dangerous pursuit, and one of the men has fallen backward over his collapsed horse. The dogs are in peril ... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - African Elephant Running - Walters 2755
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Algerian Dromedary - Walters 27102
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Amazon in Costume of 1830 - Walters 27145 - Prof...
In the 19th century, the term "Amazon" was applied to women riders as well as to their long riding habits or costumes. This young woman mounted side-saddle may be Hélène of Mecklenberg-Schwerin (1814-1858), who... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Ape Riding a Gnu - Walters 27121 - Profile
In this amusing sculpture, Barye parodies the tradition of the equestrian monument. An ape from Sumatra, Indonesia, named Jack rides on the back of an African antelope with buffalo-like antlers-a gnu or wildebe... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Arab Horseman Killing a Boar - Walters 27179 - P...
The motif of the rider and fallen horse is derived from Barye's "Lion Hunt" in the duke of Orléans' table centerpiece. The boar, which has replaced the lion in the earlier work, is likewise borrowed from a mode... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Arab Horseman Killing a Lion - Walters 27158
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Attacking Tiger - Walters 2747
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Basset Standing with Head Turned to the Right - ...
In the 1840s, Barye was attracted to these short-limbed, powerful hunting dogs with their long ears and doleful expressions.
Antoine-Louis Barye - Bear Attacked by Dogs - Walters 27156 - Profile
Barye's hunt groups for the duke of Orléans's centerpiece were intended to be unique casts. However, later in his career, the sculptor revisited these subjects and issued variants using the sand-casting process... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Bear on a Tree Devouring an Owl - Walters 2778
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Bear Standing Upright - Walters 27137
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Bull Attacked by a Bear - Walters 27106
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Bull on the Defensive - Walters 2741 - Left
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Charles VII, the Victorious - Walters 27164 - Pr...
After French forces led by Joan of Arc lifted the siege of Orléans in 1429, Charles (1403-61) was crowned king of France in Reims Cathedral. Although he failed to prevent Joan of Arc from being burnt at the sta... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Crocodile Devouring an Antelope - Walters 27150 ...
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875). 'Crocodile Devouring an Antelope,' 19th century. bronze. Walters Art Museum (27.150): Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters.
Antoine-Louis Barye - Deer Brought Down by Three Hounds of Algeria - W...
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Deer with Foreleg Raised - Walters 2790 - Profil...
The firm of Besse et Cie included this statuette among 23 small sculptures by Barye offered for sale in 1844. In the catalogue, they are described as "appropriate to serve as paperweights, desk ornaments, and s... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Doe Lying Down - Walters 2730
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Dog Pointing - Walters 2734
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Duke of Orleans - Walters 27142 - Profile
The eldest son of Louis-Philippe, Ferdinand-Philippe (1810-42) became the duke of Orléans when his father was crowned king in 1830. In addition to being a dedicated soldier, the duke, here dressed in the unifor... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Eagle Carrying Off a Snake - Walters 27104
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Eagle Holding a Heron (first version) - Walters ...
An eagle, with its beak opened as though it is screeching, has landed on a rock and leans over the lifeless body of a heron. This composition is one of several that trace their origin to a project that the Fren... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Egyptian Dromedary - Walters 27118
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Elephant Killing a Tiger - Walters 2769
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Elephant of Asia - Walters 2799 - Left
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Elephant of Cochin-China - Walters 2761
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Elk Surprised by a Lynx - Walters 27136
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Fallow Deer Attacked by Two Algerian Greyhounds ...
Barye usually showed dogs not as domestic pets but as hunters pursuing prey. In this unique sculpture, two greyhounds have pursued a small European deer to the point of their quarry's collapse.
Antoine-Louis Barye - Fawn Lying Down - Walters 2726
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Frightened Goat - Walters 2763
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Frightened Stag - Walters 2735
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Gaston de Foix (1489-1512) on Horseback - Walter...
The court of Louis-Philippe looked to the Valois dynasty of French monarchs (1328-1589) for historical forebears, despite their tenuous connections. Barye produced three equestrian sculptures representing Valoi... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Gazelle of Ethiopia - Walters 2731
This piece is cast, and is on a red marble base.
Antoine-Louis Barye - General Bonaparte - Walters 27161 - Three Quarte...
The young Napoleon (1769-1821) is represented with long hair and wearing the uniform of a general in the French army, a rank he held between 1793 and 1799, the year he overthrew the Directory (the government du... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Goat Feeding - Walters 2753
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Greyhound Retrieving a Hare - Walters 27100
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875). 'Greyhound Retrieving a Hare,' 19th century. bronze, green varnish patina. Walters Art Museum (27.100): Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters (?).
Antoine-Louis Barye - Half-Blood Horse - Walters 2752
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875). 'Half-Blood Horse,' 19th century. bronze. Walters Art Museum (27.52): Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters.
Antoine-Louis Barye - Half-Blood Horse, with Head Down - Walters 2762
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar - Walters 2710...
This cast piece is a model exhibited in the Salon of 1823. It is on a red marble base.
Antoine-Louis Barye - Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar - Walters 2719...
The Greek mythological hero Hercules performs the third of the twelve labors assigned to him by Eurystheus, the king of Mycenae: to capture a fierce boar that had been terrorizing Arcadia in ancient Greece and ... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Horse Attacked by a Lion - Walters 27144
Barye was fascinated by the violence possible in nature, here expressed in the frightened eyes of the horse and the overall muscular tension. Early 19th-century French sculptors preferred marble as a medium bec... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Horse Attacked by Tiger - Walters 2779
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Horse with Head Lowered - Walters 2768
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Ibex - Walters 2774 - Profile
Barye modeled this statuette while employed by the goldsmith Jacques Henri Fauconnier (1779-1839). To conceal the fact that this piece and Walters 27.75 are of different metal alloys, they have been gilded and ... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Indian Mounted on an Elephant Crushing a Tiger -...
Mounted by an Indian driver wearing a headdress similar to that of the driver on the duke of Orléans's "Tiger Hunt" (Walters 27.176), this elephant uses his head and enormous forefoot to crush a tiger. Although... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Jaguar Devouring a Crocodile - Walters 2791
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Jaguar Devouring a Hare - Walters 27180 - Profil...
Barye contrasts the powerful, broadly rendered muscular build of the jaguar with the more detailed, limp body of the terror-stricken hare. The cat's ears are pressed against its head and its features are convul... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Jaguar Devouring an Agouti - Walters 2785
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Jaguar Walking, Number 1 - Walters 2795
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Java Deer - Walters 2794 - Profile
A deer from Java, Indonesia, distinguished by its long curved antlers, strides through long, windswept grass. This sculpture was also listed as an ornament in the 1844 Besse et Cie catalogue.
Antoine-Louis Barye - Juno - Walters 27141
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875). 'Juno,' 19th century. gilt bronze. Walters Art Museum (27.141): Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters (?).
Antoine-Louis Barye - Lapith Combating a Centaur - Walters 2736 - Prof...
The hero Theseus has leapt on Bianor's back and seized him by the neck as he prepares to deliver a deadly blow. Barye has depicted an incident from The Metamorphoses, a history of the world by the Roman poet Ov... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Lion and Lioness - Walters 2789
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Lion and Serpent (No 2) - Walters 2792 - Profile
Although listed as No. 2, this version of the sculpture was actually Barye's third variant. It is distinguished by the larger and more threatening snake and by the tufted rather than flowing mane. This particul... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Lion and Serpent No 3 (sketch) - Walters 2787 - ...
This composition is Barye's earliest freely rendered version of the subject (as opposed to a mechanical reproduction). The lion is more threatening than in other versions and raises its paw as it prepares to st... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Lion and Serpent, No 2 - Walters 27157 - Three Q...
First exhibited as a plaster cast at the Paris Salon of 1833, Lion and Serpent may be regarded as one of Barye's most significant masterpieces. In showing an animal subject rather than a figurative work, Barye ... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Lion and Serpent, Number 3 - Walters 2781 - Thre...
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Lion and Snake - Walters 27548 - Three Quarter
The lion has lowered its head and is about to devour the writhing snake. This terracotta is a preparatory "sketch" for the plaster model submitted to the Salon in 1833.
Antoine-Louis Barye - Lion Devouring a Boar - Walters 2783
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Lion Devouring a Doe - Walters 2739
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Lion Devouring an Antelope - Walters 27117
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Lion Devouring an Elephant - Walters 2782
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Lioness of Algeria - Walters 27107 - Left
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Man in Medieval Costume with Staff - Walters 278...
This piece is cast, and is a figure from the Bear Hunt (Walters 27.183).
Antoine-Louis Barye - Mounted Arab - Walters 2771 - Three Quarter
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Mounted Arabs Killing a Lion - Walters 27162
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Napoleon I - Walters 27163
Barye was commissioned by the city of Grenoble, France, to produce an over-life-size sculpture of Napoleon I seated on a horse. The statue, which was never completed, was intended to commemorate Napoleon's arri... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Nereid - Walters 27108
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Nude Woman with Sword, Justice (?) - Walters 271...
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875). 'Nude Woman with Sword (Justice (?)),' 19th century. gilt bronze. Walters Art Museum (27.195): Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters (?).
Antoine-Louis Barye - Ocelot Carrying a Heron - Walters 27130
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Ocelot Carrying a Heron - Walters 27131
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Owl with Mouse - Walters 27140
This statuette of an owl clutching a mouse in its talons may have been cast in the 1820s, but it did not appear in an edition until about 1870.
Antoine-Louis Barye - Panther and Deer on a Rock - Walters 27110
This sculpture is cast in two pieces. One prong of the antler has broken off.
Antoine-Louis Barye - Panther Attacking a Stag - Walters 27170 - Profi...
A large panther bites into the neck of a stag and rips its victim's neck with its claws.
Antoine-Louis Barye - Panther of India, No 2 - Walters 2744 - Profile
A majestic panther is posed reclining. The plaster model (Walters 27.46) is coated with wax in which the artist has incised details of the surface as well as his signature. The Walters' early records mistakenly... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Panther of India, No 2 - Walters 2746 - Back Pro...
A majestic panther is posed reclining. This plaster model is coated with wax in which the artist has incised details of the surface as well as his signature. The Walters' early records mistakenly listed this sc... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Panther of Tunis - Walters 2743
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Panther on a Rock - Walters 2737
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Panther Seizing a Stag - Walters 2751
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875). 'Panther Seizing a Stag,' 1830-1839. bronze with green varnish patina. Walters Art Museum (27.51): Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters.
Antoine-Louis Barye - Panther Surprising a Civet Cat (first version) -...
A panther paws a growling civet cat, a southern Asian mammal resembling a cat, but with a weasel-like body and short legs.
Antoine-Louis Barye - Pheasant - Walters 2728
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Poised Stag - Walters 27160 - Profile
This sculpture, which is unusually large for Barye's youthful productions, shows a weary stag gasping for breath. In 1829, a firm founded by Nicolas Susse and André Schrantz, later known as Susse Frères, acquir... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Python Killing a Crocodile - Walters 27153
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875). 'Python Killing a Crocodile,' 1840. bronze. Walters Art Museum (27.153): Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters.
Antoine-Louis Barye - Python Killing a Gazelle - Walters 27151
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Python Swallowing a Doe (First Version) - Walter...
An enormous python has coiled itself around a helpless deer and prepares to swallow it. Barye became familiar with pythons in 1838, when a reptile house was opened at the Jardin des Plantes. Among its first inh... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Rabbit with Ears Down - Walters 2725
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Rabbit with Ears Erect - Walters 2724
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Rabbit, Ears Lowered - Walters 2757 - Three Quar...
Such rabbits, which were offered for sale for as little as six francs, were among Barye's most popular subjects.
Antoine-Louis Barye - Rabbit, Ears Raised - Walters 2759 - Profile
Such rabbits, which were offered for sale for as little as six francs, were among Barye's most popular subjects.
Antoine-Louis Barye - Rearing Bull - Walters 2738 - Profile
Although Barye preferred wild animals over farm animals as subjects, he created several sculptures of powerful bulls during the early 1840s. They may have been related to the half-man, half-bull monster in his ... More
Antoine-Louis Barye - Reclinging Doe and Faun - Walters 2729
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Roger and Angelica Mounted on the Hippogriff - W...
This subject is taken from Orlando Furioso, an epic poem set in the 9th century written by Ludovico Ariosto in 1516. Roger, a knight at the court of King Charlemagne, has rescued the princess of Cathay, who had... More