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Source Description
Barye's ability to depict animals accurately was based on his sound knowledge of their anatomy derived from years of study of their bodies, both alive and dead. He regularly attended dissections in the Amphitheater of Comparative Anatomy at the Jardin des Plantes, the botanical and zoological garden in Paris. In this drawing, he has sketched an Asian elephant from different vantage points, meticulously recording its measurements.
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Document identity
localId
20853
label
Studies of Proportions of a Dead Elephant
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
20853
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Studies of Proportions of a Dead Elephant
description
Barye's ability to depict animals accurately was based on his sound knowledge of their anatomy derived from years of study of their bodies, both alive and dead. He regularly attended dissections in the Amphitheater of Comparative Anatomy at the Jardin des Plantes, the botanical and zoological garden in Paris. In this drawing, he has sketched an Asian elephant from different vantage points, meticulously recording its measurements.
provenance
Mme Vildieu (born Georgine-Virginie-Henriette Barye); Fabius Frères, Paris; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
date
ca. 1850s
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
sketches
drawing
study
leaf
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
13.8
height
45.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 7/16 x W: 17 13/16 in. (13.8 x 45.3 cm)
Source extras
med
graphite on paper
creator_ids
6082
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
1956
2902
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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60fb63939946b8be