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Source Description
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.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
28031
label
Lion and Python
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
28031
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Lion and Python
description
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.
provenance
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.
date
ca. 1863
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
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3
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3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
27.3
height
37.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 3/4 x W: 14 5/8 in. (27.3 x 37.1 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Painted in brown watercolor on left bottom edge on recto: BARYE; [Number] Written in dark brown ink at center on verso: PJ-491/a.
med
watercolor on heavily textured, thick, cream wove paper
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6082
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EAN
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1956
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872
484
3300
3818
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photo
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photo
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photo
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