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Walking Wolf
(18th and 19th Centuries )
A ferocious-looking, striding wolf walks bares its teeth. This unique cast is fastened to a black marble plinth bearing a plaque inscribed: To his friend Rousseau / His admirer A. L. Barye. Since the 1840s, Barye had been a friend of Théodore Rousseau (1812-67), the landscape specialist who was regarded as the leader of the Barbizon school of painters.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Gaston Camentron [former employee of Hector Brame]; William T. Walters, July 28, 1888, by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; 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. |
| 1889-1890 | The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 9/16/1963 | Treatment | cleaned; coated |
| 11/5/1975 | Examination | examined for condition |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
10 x 15 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (25.4 x 38.7 x 12.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, 1888
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
27.65