Sketch for Seated Lion

modeled ca. 1847; posthumously cast (post 1875)

34.3 cm 27 cm 15.9 cm

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Barye has boldly modeled the basic form of the "Seated Lion" without indicating any surface details. Although no casts are known to have been made of this sculpture during Barye's lifetime, he kept a model for it in his studio. When a visitor once asked whether the model was f...

Sculpture

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William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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