Description
Barye posed this majestic reclining lion against a background consisting of rocks and a gnarled oak tree, features familiar to him in the Forest of Fontainebleau.
Provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1889 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Signature] In red watercolor at lower right corner, on recto: BARYE; [Mark] In graphite in center, on verso: o.
Credit
Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1889