File:Antoine-Louis Barye - Elephants - Walters 37826.jpg
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editAntoine-Louis Barye: Elephants ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q451489 |
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Title |
Elephants |
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Description |
English: Three Asian elephants graze on a desolate plain at sunset; the warm tones of the sky are repeated in the landscape. Barye's close friend at Barbizon, the landscape painter Théodore Rousseau (1812-67), is thought to have owned this watercolor. |
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Date |
circa 1867 date QS:P571,+1867-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | watercolor on slightly textured, moderately thick, beige wove paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 24.4 cm (9.6 in); width: 32.7 cm (12.8 in) dimensions QS:P2048,24.4U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,32.7U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
37.826 |
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Place of creation | Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Credit line | Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1889 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions | [Signature] In reddish-brown watercolor on lower right edge: BARYE; [Number]: In graphite in center, on verso: 3, 12. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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