Greyhound

modeled: 1868; posthumously cast: post-1875

87.6 cm 45.7 cm 25.4 cm

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A patron named Comte Nicolaï commissioned a marble statue of a greyhound. To fulfill the commission, Barye bought a black greyhound named Tom to serve as a model, and the pet soon became a familiar sight to Barye's neighbors. The location of the marble is no longer known, but...

Sculpture

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William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1889-1890, by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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