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Seated Cat
1824-1910
bronze
(18th and 19th Centuries )
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Frémiet first exhibited animal subjects at the Paris Salon in 1843. Eventually, he succeeded Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1796-1875) as professor of drawing at the Jardin des Plantes, a botanical and zoological park in Paris.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Mrs. Frank R. Kent [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1964, by gift.
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Frank Kent, 1964
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.
54.2461