Description
In a broad watery expanse, an elephant approaches while three others wade in the background.



Elephants in Water
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
---|---|---|
6/06/1978 | Treatment | mounted |
1/01/2002 | Treatment | examined for exhibition; repaired; re-housed; mounted; other |
Exhibitions
- The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York. 1889-1890.
- A Connoisseur's Portfolio: Nineteenth-century Drawings and Watercolors in the Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1983.
- The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma. 2005-2006.
- Untamed: The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach. 2007-2008.
- Public Property. 2012.
Provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1889 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Signature] In lower right in red watercolor: BARYE; [Number] In graphite on verso: 29 39, 19 6, 32.
Credit
Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1889
Creator
Period
ca. 1850Accession Number
37.819Measurements
H: 7 7/8 x W: 11 3/4 in. (20 x 29.8 cm)Geographies
- France, Paris (Place of Origin)