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Tiger at Rest

Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795 - 1875) (Artist)
ca. 1830s-1840s
watercolor with gum heightening on rough, thick, cream wove paper
(18th and 19th Centuries )

A Bengal tiger gazes directly at the viewer. Working in a technique popularized by British watercolorists in the early 19th century, Barye used thin washes of color to capture the atmospheric effects in the cloudy sky and to suggest the indistinct forms in the landscape.

Inscription

[Signature] Painted in red watercolor at lower left corner: BARYE; [Number] Written in graphite in center on verso: no. 60; [Number] Crossed out in graphite at right of center on verso: 60; [Notations] Two sets of mathematical calculations, possibly prices, in graphite in upper right quadrant on verso; [Transcription] Stamped from red wax seal on back of mount: Vente Barye.

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.

Barye Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 7-12, 1876, lot 164; Mme Veuve Barye, Paris; William T. Walters, Baltimore, January 17, 1885, by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent]; 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.
2005-2006 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.
1998-1999 A Discerning Eye: Nineteenth-century Drawings and Watercolors. Academy Art Museum, Easton.
1998-1999 Botanical Delights: Floral Motifs in 19th-Century Art. Government House, Annapolis; Strathmore Hall Art Center, North Bethesda; Academy Art Museum, Easton.
1997-1998 French Master Drawings. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1994 The Wild Kingdom of Antoine-Louis Barye, 1795-1875. Wildenstein & Company, New York.
1889-1890 The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
6/2/1978 Treatment mounted
6/6/1978 Treatment re-housed; other
11/11/1983 Examination examined for condition
6/27/1997 Treatment other
1/1/2002 Treatment examined for exhibition; examined for loan; re-housed; mounted; other
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Geographies

France, Paris (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 14 3/8 x W: 21 3/8 in. (36.5 x 54.3 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by William T. Walters, 1885

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.

37.834

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