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Roaring Lion

Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795 - 1875) (Sculptor)
19th century
plaster
(18th and 19th Centuries )

This cast plaster piece is slightly broken along the lower edge.

Inscription

[Inscription] On label of Le Garde: Meuble Public, Bedel, 7499

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.

William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); 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.
1889-1890 The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York.
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Geographies

France, Paris (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 5 x L: 8 11/16 in. (12.7 x 22 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by William T. or Henry 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.

27.186

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modeled ca. 1836; posthumously cast (post 1875)
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