Horse Attacked by a Lion

1833 H: 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm) Citation Source image

Barye was fascinated by the violence possible in nature, here expressed in the frightened eyes of the horse and the overall muscular tension. Early 19th-century French sculptors preferred marble as a medium because they thought it better suited to their neoclassical pursuit of...

Sculpture

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