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Tom, the Algerian Greyhound
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Barye initially produced a life-size, plaster of this greyhound as the basis for a marble sculpture that was commissioned in 1868. To serve as a model for the subject, Barye purchased a greyhound that he named Tom. George A. Lucas, the Baltimore expatriate living in Paris who was William T. Walters' advisor, had the six bronze casts made of the plaster model 20 years later.
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.
William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1889 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 18 1/2 × L: 34 1/2 × W: 8 13/16 in. (47 × 87.7 × 22.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, 1889
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.
27.476