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Two Arab Horsemen Killing a Lion
(18th and 19th Centuries )
An Arab hunter, mounted on a rearing horse, thrusts his spear down the throat of the lion. His companion, armed with a musket, climbs over the back of his fallen horse. In the course of his career, Barye issued a number of works repeating various elements of the duke of Orléans' "Lion Hunt." He first listed this composition in his 1847 sales catalogue.
Inscription
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
| 2024-2025 | Reinstallation 2024: Art and Process. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 8/20/1974 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 14 15/16 × W: 14 3/4 × D: 10 1/16 in. (38 × 37.5 × 25.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters
Location in Museum
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.
27.177