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Tracings After Scenes of Tiger Hunts
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Barye has traced illustrations of Europeans hunting tigers published in 1829 by William Harvey in his "Tower Menagerie," a history of the royal menagerie in the Tower of London. Sketched on the left is a running elephant in a pose similar to the one in Barye's "Tiger Hunt."
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Mme Vildieu (born Georgine-Virginie-Henriette Barye); Fabius Frères, Paris; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
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. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 1/1/2002 | Treatment | examined for exhibition; repaired; other |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 8 1/4 x W: 13 in. (21 x 33 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1949
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.
37.2027