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Sketch of Barye's "Lion Lunging at a Boar"
This drawing is of one of the four animal combats at the base of "The Tiger Hunt"' in the Duke of Orleans' table centerpiece. The bronze is in the Louvre Museum (accession number OA 5745).
This sheet has drawings on both sides - on the verso is a study of drapery.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Mme Vildieu (born Georgine-Virginie-Henriette Barye); Fabius Frères, Paris; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 4 9/16 x 7 1/2 in. (11.6 x 19 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1949
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.
37.2227