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Running Jaguar
(18th and 19th Centuries )
A jaguar, the only member of the panther family native to the Americas, was added to the collection of the Jardin des Plantes in January 1831. It survived only until October 1835. Barye portrays the wild cat in a mountainous landscape.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2012 | Public Property. |
| 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. |
| 2005-2006 | The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma. |
| 1994 | The Wild Kingdom of Antoine-Louis Barye, 1795-1875. Wildenstein & Company, New York. |
| 1959-1960 | Barye Sculpture and Drawings. American Federation of Arts, New York. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 10/7/1994 | Treatment | re-housed; other |
| 1/1/2002 | Treatment | examined for exhibition; re-housed; mounted; cleaned |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 9 1/8 x W: 11 5/16 in. (23.2 x 28.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
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.
37.820