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Sketch for Seated Lion
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Barye has boldly modeled the basic form of the "Seated Lion" without indicating any surface details. Although no casts are known to have been made of this sculpture during Barye's lifetime, he kept a model for it in his studio. When a visitor once asked whether the model was finished, Barye replied that "it was finished enough." The celebrated bronze founder Barbedienne bought the model at the artist's estate sale in 1876 and immediately began to list it in his sale catalogues.
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Provenance
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William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; 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. |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
10 5/8 x 13 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (27 x 34.3 x 15.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters
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.
27.446