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Source Description
In many of Barye's watercolors, the subjects appear in profile. This orientation resulted from his practice of using calques, or tracings, to transfer the outlines of the animals to the watercolor paper. He would then reinforce the contours with ink before painting in the backgrounds.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
19855
label
Standing Lion
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
19855
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Standing Lion
description
In many of Barye's watercolors, the subjects appear in profile. This orientation resulted from his practice of using calques, or tracings, to transfer the outlines of the animals to the watercolor paper. He would then reinforce the contours with ink before painting in the backgrounds.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1889; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1850s-1860s
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
26
height
36.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 1/4 x W: 14 3/8 in. (26 x 36.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Inscribed in dark brown watercolor at left lower edge of recto: BARYE; [Number] Inscribed in graphite
at lower left
on verso: 6.
med
watercolor with gum heightening on moderately textured, thick, cream wove paper
creator_ids
6082
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
1956
2069
631
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
9d9d212723a33b12
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
9936911ce42a488b
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no