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This drawing is of one of the four animal combats at the base of "The Tiger Hunt"' in the Duke of Orleans' table centerpiece. The bronze is in the Louvre Museum (accession number OA 5745).This sheet has drawings on both sides - on the verso is a study of drapery.

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Document identity
localId
28613
label
Sketch of Barye's ""Lion Lunging at a Boar""
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
28613
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Sketch of Barye's ""Lion Lunging at a Boar""
description
This drawing is of one of the four animal combats at the base of "The Tiger Hunt"' in the Duke of Orleans' table centerpiece. The bronze is in the Louvre Museum (accession number OA 5745).This sheet has drawings on both sides - on the verso is a study of drapery.
provenance
Mme Vildieu (born Georgine-Virginie-Henriette Barye); Fabius Frères, Paris; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
date
1834-1838
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
sketches
drawings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
12.1
height
11.1
dimensionsRaw
4 3/4 x 4 3/8 in. (12.1 x 11.1 cm)
Source extras
med
graphite on irregularly shaped brown paper
creator_ids
6082
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
1956
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
92c8990c6f6e751b