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Seated Boar
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This boar may have been inspired by a Hellenistic marble of the same subject in the Uffizi Museum, Florence. A well-known copy of the marble was made by Pietro Tacca (1577-1640) for the fountain of the Mercato Nuovo, Florence. Although Barye usually had his sculptures edited, or cast, in multiples, this statuette appears to be unique. It has been treated as a pair and mounted on a similar, marble base with Walters 27.33.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
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. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 3/5/2002 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 1/18/2007 | Technical Report | X-ray fluorescence |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
5 1/4 x 4 3/16 x 4 3/16 in. (13.3 x 10.6 x 10.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters
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.
27.32
