Sleeping Greyhound

modeled ca. 1845

26.7 cm 7 cm 8.9 cm

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Dogs, except in hunts, are relatively scarce in Barye's production. In the 1840s, however, he briefly modeled some statuettes of greyhounds and basset hounds. In this example, he exploits the graceful shape of the hound's lean body.

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William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1889 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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