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Portrait of Barye with a Wax Model of "Seated Lion"
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Walters commissioned this portrait through his fellow Barye enthusiast in Baltimore George Lucas. Barye's having died thirteen years earlier, Bonnat worked from a photograph of the sculptor taken by the respected French photographer Nadar that, along with a wax model of the "Seated Lion," was provided by Lucas.
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Provenance
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Commissioned by William T. Walters (through George A. Lucas as agent), Baltimore, January 10, 1885 [1] [2]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
[1] Diary of George A. Lucas 18 November 1885.
[2] The Diary of George A. Lucas, p. 601.
Exhibitions
| 2007-2008 | Untamed: The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach. |
| 1995 | The Allure of Bronze. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1994 | The Wild Kingdom of Antoine-Louis Barye, 1795-1875. Wildenstein & Company, New York. |
| 1979 | A Baltimorean in Paris: George A. Lucas, 1860-1909. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1889-1890 | The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Examination | examined for condition | |
| 9/15/1968 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
| 4/5/1972 | Treatment | cleaned; other |
| 4/13/1972 | Treatment | coated; cleaned; loss compensation; other |
| 5/24/1994 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 50 13/16 x W: 36 5/8 in. (129 x 93 cm); Framed H: 64 1/4 x W: 49 7/8 x D: 4 1/8 in. (163.2 x 126.68 x 10.48 cm)
Credit Line
Commissioned by William T. Walters, 1885
Location in Museum
Hackerman House at 1 West Mount Vernon Place: First Floor: Parlor
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.757