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Source Description
Although Barye is often regarded as the foremost animal sculptor of the 19th century, he also worked closely with a number of painters. He studied with the artist Baron Antoine-Jean Gros, and in the late 1820s, he joined Eugène Delacroix in sketching animals at the Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes in Paris. This important city zoo was an invaluable resource for artists depicting the natural world. Barye exhibited watercolors at the beginning of his career, but it was only after his death that his oil paintings were discovered in his studio. In this unusually large example, Barye creates a fantastic image of a reclining tiger posed against the rocky, sandy terrain of the Apremont Gorge in the Fontainebleau forest.
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Document identity
localId
22083
label
Tiger at Rest
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obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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4
Source metadata
id
22083
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Tiger at Rest
description
Although Barye is often regarded as the foremost animal sculptor of the 19th century, he also worked closely with a number of painters. He studied with the artist Baron Antoine-Jean Gros, and in the late 1820s, he joined Eugène Delacroix in sketching animals at the Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes in Paris. This important city zoo was an invaluable resource for artists depicting the natural world. Barye exhibited watercolors at the beginning of his career, but it was only after his death that his oil paintings were discovered in his studio. In this unusually large example, Barye creates a fantastic image of a reclining tiger posed against the rocky, sandy terrain of the Apremont Gorge in the Fontainebleau forest.
provenance
Hector Brame; ""Vente Barye,"" Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 5-6, 1876, no. 95; Private collection, Reims [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Montaignac [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; William T. Walters, Baltimore, November 28, 1884, by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
mid 19th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
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4
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4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
48.9
height
114
dimensionsRaw
H: 19 1/4 × W: 44 7/8 in. (48.9 × 114 cm); Framed H: 35 7/8 × W: 61 3/8 × D: 6 1/8 in. (91.1 × 155.9 × 15.6 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Painted in red at lower right: BARYE; [Transcription] Stamped from red wax seal on stretcher: VENTE BARYE
med
oil on canvas
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6082
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1956
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