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Source Description
A Bengal tiger gazes directly at the viewer. Working in a technique popularized by British watercolorists in the early 19th century, Barye used thin washes of color to capture the atmospheric effects in the cloudy sky and to suggest the indistinct forms in the landscape.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
3410
label
Tiger at Rest
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3410
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Tiger at Rest
description
A Bengal tiger gazes directly at the viewer. Working in a technique popularized by British watercolorists in the early 19th century, Barye used thin washes of color to capture the atmospheric effects in the cloudy sky and to suggest the indistinct forms in the landscape.
provenance
Barye Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 7-12, 1876, lot 164; Mme Veuve Barye, Paris; William T. Walters, Baltimore, January 17, 1885, by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1830s-1840s
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
36.5
height
54.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 14 3/8 x W: 21 3/8 in. (36.5 x 54.3 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Painted in red watercolor at lower left corner: BARYE; [Number] Written in graphite in center on verso: no. 60; [Number] Crossed out in graphite at right of center on verso: 60; [Notations] Two sets of mathematical calculations
possibly prices
in graphite in upper right quadrant on verso; [Transcription] Stamped from red wax seal on back of mount: Vente Barye.
med
watercolor with gum heightening on rough, thick, cream wove paper
creator_ids
6082
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
1956
2069
637
190
631
872
1993
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
a104ec66524a601e