Poised Stag

Description 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, acquired exclusive rights to market four of Barye's deer sculptures, including this piece.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
5/26/1959	Treatment	cleaned
1/18/2006	Technical Report	X-ray fluorescence

Exhibitions

• Untamed: The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach. 2007-2008.

Provenance William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Transcription] Inscribed in script block letters (done after casting?): BARYE 1829.

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters