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Source Description
Barye's friend the Count of Rigny, a French admiral, donated two African lions to the Jardin des Plantes. One, a lioness, died in October 1828, and the other, a male lion, perished the following June. In this drawing, Barye has carefully recorded the structure of the lioness's jaw, both open and closed. In each case the bones as well as the outline of the lioness's skin, almost like and Xray.After the death of the second lion, the French painter Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) sent the following message to his friend Barye: "The lion is dead. Come at once. It is time for us to act." Together, they observed and recorded the dissection of the animal.On the verso is another drawing of a lioness's head.
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Document identity
localId
31179
label
Two Heads of a Lioness
core
obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
31179
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Two Heads of a Lioness
description
Barye's friend the Count of Rigny, a French admiral, donated two African lions to the Jardin des Plantes. One, a lioness, died in October 1828, and the other, a male lion, perished the following June. In this drawing, Barye has carefully recorded the structure of the lioness's jaw, both open and closed. In each case the bones as well as the outline of the lioness's skin, almost like and Xray.After the death of the second lion, the French painter Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) sent the following message to his friend Barye: "The lion is dead. Come at once. It is time for us to act." Together, they observed and recorded the dissection of the animal.On the verso is another drawing of a lioness's head.
provenance
Mme Vildieu (born Georgine-Virginie-Henriette Barye); Fabius Frères, Paris; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
date
1828
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
sketches
drawing
leaf
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
10.2
height
14
dimensionsRaw
4 x 5 1/2 in. (10.2 x 14 cm)
Source extras
med
graphite on paper
creator_ids
6082
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
1956
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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64b239bcd694ca00