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Source Description
This boar may have been inspired by a Hellenistic marble of the same subject in the Uffizi Museum, Florence. A well-known copy of the marble was made by Pietro Tacca (1577-1640) for the fountain of the Mercato Nuovo, Florence. Although Barye usually had his sculptures edited, or cast, in multiples, this statuette appears to be unique. It has been treated as a pair and mounted on a similar, marble base with Walters 27.33.
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Document identity
localId
3422
label
Seated Boar
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
3422
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Seated Boar
description
This boar may have been inspired by a Hellenistic marble of the same subject in the Uffizi Museum, Florence. A well-known copy of the marble was made by Pietro Tacca (1577-1640) for the fountain of the Mercato Nuovo, Florence. Although Barye usually had his sculptures edited, or cast, in multiples, this statuette appears to be unique. It has been treated as a pair and mounted on a similar, marble base with Walters 27.33.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
modeled 1820s
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
sculpture (visual works)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
13.3
height
10.6
depth
10.6
dimensionsRaw
5 1/4 x 4 3/16 x 4 3/16 in. (13.3 x 10.6 x 10.6 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Transcription] Cold stamped in individual block letters on edge of base near left foreleg: BARYE.
RelatedObjects
11147
med
bronze with a dark brown patina with black in recesses on a black marble socle
creator_ids
6082
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
1956
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1
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0
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photo
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