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Source Description
Seized by a tiger, the stag emits a final gasp. This sculpture replicates Barye's carving in stone that the government purchased in 1836 for the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyons, France. In addition to bearing Barye's signature, the Walters' version is signed "Soyer." Louis Claude Ferdinand Soyer (1785-1854) was a sculptor, founder, and metal chaser, or finisher. Rather than casting this particular piece in bronze, Soyer employed an electrotype process in which a copper alloy is deposited onto the surface of a mold using a galvanic, or electric, current.
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Document identity
localId
8293
label
Tiger Attacking a Stag
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obj
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sculpture
citationUrl
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Source metadata
id
8293
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Tiger Attacking a Stag
description
Seized by a tiger, the stag emits a final gasp. This sculpture replicates Barye's carving in stone that the government purchased in 1836 for the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyons, France. In addition to bearing Barye's signature, the Walters' version is signed "Soyer." Louis Claude Ferdinand Soyer (1785-1854) was a sculptor, founder, and metal chaser, or finisher. Rather than casting this particular piece in bronze, Soyer employed an electrotype process in which a copper alloy is deposited onto the surface of a mold using a galvanic, or electric, current.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore, May 20, 1886, by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent at Sichel, Paris]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
modeled 1830
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
sculpture (visual works)
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3
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3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
28.9
height
57.2
depth
34.3
dimensionsRaw
11 3/8 x 22 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (28.9 x 57.2 x 34.3 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature and Date] Cast through from model: BARYE 1830; [Signature] SOYER.
med
copper alloy electrotype with warm brown patina
creator_ids
15112
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EAN
exhibition_ids
1956
484
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