Dead Gazelle

modeled 1832; cast as unique piece 1833-1834

30.2 cm 7.6 cm 19.1 cm

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The African gazelle lies on the ground, its legs awkwardly splayed, and its neck extended at an unnatural angle. The artist has conveyed the appearance of death with remarkable realism. A plaster model of this sculpture was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1833. The following y...

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Duke of Orleans, Paris; J. Montaignac, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, March 31, 1902, by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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