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Dead Gazelle

Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795 - 1875) (Artist)
Honoré Gonon (French, 1780-1850) (Founder)
modeled 1832; cast as unique piece 1833-1834
bronze with dark brown patina over metallic flake layer
(18th and 19th Centuries )

The African gazelle lies on the ground, its legs awkwardly splayed, and its neck extended at an unnatural angle. The artist has conveyed the appearance of death with remarkable realism. A plaster model of this sculpture was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1833. The following year, Barye cast this unique bronze version, which was the first of Barye's bronzes acquired by the duke of Orléans.

Inscription

[Signature] Cast through from model: BARYE 1832; [Transcription] Inscribed on base: FONDU PAR HONORE GONON ET SES DEUX FILS; [Translation] Founded by Honore Gonon and his two sons; [Mark] Cold struck along base: FPO 141 (and) FPO (double struck) (FPO representing a monogram of Ferdinand-Philippe, duc d'Orléans).

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Duke of Orleans, Paris; J. Montaignac, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, March 31, 1902, by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent]; 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.
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Geographies

France, Paris (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 3 x W: 11 7/8 x D: 7 1/2 in. (7.6 x 30.2 x 19.1 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1902

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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27.96

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