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"Surtout de table": Bear Hunt
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This sculpture of a 16th-century German hunt was placed next to the "Wild Bull Hunt" (Walters 27.178) near one end of the centerpiece. Two hunters, one on foot and the other mounted on a rearing horse, are accompanied by mastiffs as they attack the bears.
The firm of Richard et Fressange was originally assigned to cast this sculpture, but, as with the "Elk Hunt," it was sent to Honoré Gonon, who completed it, using the lost-wax method.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Duc d'Orléans, 1844, by commission; duchesse d'Orleans [date of acquisition unknown], by inheritance; duchesse d'Orleans Sale, Paris, January 18-20, 1853, no. 1; Count Anatole Demidoff [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; San Donato Sale, Paris, March 22-24, 1870, no. 1535; William Tilden Blodgett, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; William T. Walters, Baltimore, April 27, 1876; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2014-2016 | From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 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. |
| 1998-2001 | Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1991 | Un âge d'or des arts décoratifs: 1814-1848. Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris. |
| 1889-1890 | The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 6/14/1974 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 5/23/1976 | Treatment | repaired |
| 8/10/1978 | Treatment | repaired |
| 8/11/1978 | Treatment | cleaned; loss compensation; repaired; coated |
| 7/28/1980 | Treatment | cleaned; repaired; loss compensation |
| 7/28/1980 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 12/8/1980 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 9/20/1991 | Treatment | cleaned; coated; repaired; loss compensation |
| 1/1/2002 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 1/25/2007 | Technical Report | X-ray florescence |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
18 3/4 x 17 in. (47.6 x 43.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, 1876
Location in Museum
Hackerman House at 1 West Mount Vernon Place: First Floor: Parlor
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.
27.183
