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Indian Mounted on an Elephant Crushing a Tiger
(18th and 19th Centuries )
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 the hunt groups from the Duc d'Orleans' table centerpiece were intended to be unique, Barye, as in this instance, produced variations of the subjects.
Inscription
Provenance
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William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; 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
11 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (28.6 x 18.4 x 34.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters
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.
27.149
