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Source Description
Three Asian elephants graze on a desolate plain at sunset; the warm tones of the sky are repeated in the landscape. Barye's close friend at Barbizon, the landscape painter Théodore Rousseau (1812-67), is thought to have owned this watercolor.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
13329
label
Elephants
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
4
Source metadata
id
13329
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Elephants
description
Three Asian elephants graze on a desolate plain at sunset; the warm tones of the sky are repeated in the landscape. Barye's close friend at Barbizon, the landscape painter Théodore Rousseau (1812-67), is thought to have owned this watercolor.
provenance
Théodore Rousseau, 1867, by purchase [from the artist (?)]; Vente Rousseau, April 27-May 2, 1868; William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1889, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1867
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
24.4
height
32.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 5/8 x W: 12 7/8 in. (24.4 x 32.7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] In reddish-brown watercolor on lower right edge: BARYE; [Number]: In graphite in center
on verso: 3
12.
med
watercolor on slightly textured, moderately thick, beige wove paper
creator_ids
6082
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
1956
2069
631
3818
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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photo
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no
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photo
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no
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photo
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