Description
The firm of Besse et Cie included this statuette among 23 small sculptures by Barye offered for sale in 1844. In the catalogue, they are described as "appropriate to serve as paperweights, desk ornaments, and shelf ornaments."
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] Cast through from model: BARYE.
Credit
Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1889