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Lion and Python
(18th and 19th Centuries )
In a desolate landscape, a lion dramatically confronts a snake. In a letter to a patron, Barye identified the lion as coming from Senegal. The sculptor, late in life, has returned to a subject that he had first explored in sculpture in 1832-33.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Purchased by William T. Walters (through George A. Lucas as agent), Baltimore, December 23, 1863 [1]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
[1] The Diary of George A. Lucas, p. 167.
Exhibitions
| 2024-2025 | Reinstallation 2024: Art and Process. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 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. |
| 2005-2006 | The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma. |
| 1994 | The Wild Kingdom of Antoine-Louis Barye, 1795-1875. Wildenstein & Company, New York. |
| 1979 | A Baltimorean in Paris: George A. Lucas, 1860-1909. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1889-1890 | The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 5/30/1978 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 1/1/2002 | Treatment | examined for exhibition; examined for loan; loss compensation; re-housed; mounted; other |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 10 3/4 x W: 14 5/8 in. (27.3 x 37.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, 1863
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.
37.831