Standing Lion

Description In many of Barye's watercolors, the subjects appear in profile. This orientation resulted from his practice of using calques, or tracings, to transfer the outlines of the animals to the watercolor paper. He would then reinforce the contours with ink before painting in the backgrounds.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
1/01/2002	Treatment	examined for exhibition; cleaned; re-housed; mounted; stabilized; other

Exhibitions

• The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York. 1889-1890.
• 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. 2005-2006.
• 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. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1889; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] Inscribed in dark brown watercolor at left lower edge of recto: BARYE; [Number] Inscribed in graphite, at lower left, on verso: 6.

Credit Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1889