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Source Description
An Arab hunter, mounted on a rearing horse, thrusts his spear down the throat of the lion. His companion, armed with a musket, climbs over the back of his fallen horse. In the course of his career, Barye issued a number of works repeating various elements of the duke of Orléans' "Lion Hunt." He first listed this composition in his 1847 sales catalogue.
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Document identity
localId
3071
label
Two Arab Horsemen Killing a Lion
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
3071
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Two Arab Horsemen Killing a Lion
description
An Arab hunter, mounted on a rearing horse, thrusts his spear down the throat of the lion. His companion, armed with a musket, climbs over the back of his fallen horse. In the course of his career, Barye issued a number of works repeating various elements of the duke of Orléans' "Lion Hunt." He first listed this composition in his 1847 sales catalogue.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
modeled ca. 1838; first issued 1847-1848
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
sculpture (visual works)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
38
height
37.5
depth
25.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 14 15/16 × W: 14 3/4 × D: 10 1/16 in. (38 × 37.5 × 25.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Cast through from the model: BARYE; [Number] Painted inside in white: W 33.
med
bronze with a golden brown patina with some possible gilding on a base of warm brown patina
creator_ids
6082
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
1956
631
3818
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
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f246941cd7e7f096
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
68bddad5bdf94bf4
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no
hasDescription
no