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Python Swallowing a Doe (First Version)
(18th and 19th Centuries )
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 inhabitants were two pythons from Java, Indonesia.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Sichel Sale, 1886; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1886, by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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. |
| 1889-1890 | The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York. |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 3/8 x 12 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (8.6 x 30.8 x 11.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, 1886
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
27.101
