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Antoine-Louis Barye: Tiger at Rest   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Antoine-Louis Barye  (1795–1875)  wikidata:Q451489
 
Antoine-Louis Barye
Description French painter, sculptor and bell founder
Date of birth/death 24 September 1795 Edit this at Wikidata 25 June 1875 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris 4th arrondissement of Paris
Work location
Paris Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q451489
Title
Tiger at Rest
Description
English: A Bengal tiger gazes directly at the viewer. Working in a technique popularized by British watercolorists in the early 19th century, Barye used thin washes of color to capture the atmospheric effects in the cloudy sky and to suggest the indistinct forms in the landscape.
Date circa 1830
date QS:P571,+1830-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
s-1840s
Medium watercolor with gum heightening on rough, thick, cream wove paper
Dimensions height: 36.5 cm (14.3 in); width: 54.3 cm (21.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,36.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,54.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
37.834
Place of creation Paris, France
Object history
  • Barye Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 7-12, 1876, lot 164
  • Mme Veuve Barye, Paris
  • William T. Walters, Baltimore, January 17, 1885, by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent]
  • 1894: inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history
  • Botanical Delights: Floral Motifs in 19th-Century Art. Strathmore Hall Art Center, North Bethesda; Academy of the Arts, Easton, Easton; Government House, Annapolis. 1998-1999.
  • A Discerning Eye: Nineteenth-century Drawings and Watercolors. Academy of the Arts, Easton, Easton. 1998-1999.
  • The Essence of Line, French Drawings from Ingres to Degas, Walters Art Museum, 19 June 2005–11 September 2005, Birmingham Museum of Art, 19 February 2006–14 May 2006, Tacoma Art Museum, 10 June 2006–17 September 2006 .
  • Untamed: The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach. 2007-2008.
  • The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York. 1889-1890.
  • The Wild Kingdom of Antoine-Louis Barye, 1795-1875. Wildenstein & Company, New York. 1994.
  • French Master Drawings. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1997-1998.
Credit line Acquired by William T. Walters, 1885
Inscriptions [Signature] Painted in red watercolor at lower left corner: BARYE; [Number] Written in graphite in center on verso: no. 60; [Number] Crossed out in graphite at right of center on verso: 60; [Notations] Two sets of mathematical calculations, possibly prices, in graphite in upper right quadrant on verso; [Transcription] Stamped from red wax seal on back of mount: Vente Barye.
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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