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| Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - Lion and Serpent - Walters 37829.jpg A lion attacking a snake is a recurrent theme in Barye's production The artist has given the cat a particularly ferocious expression as it approaches its prey a small cobra For this watercolor Barye worked mostly with colored washes; patches of opaque blue pigment define the sky To enhance the surface Barye employed a knife to scratch in details in the lion's mane circa 1840 s watercolor paper cm 24 8 32 7 accession number 37 829 33299 Durand-Ruel Paris William T Walters Baltimore prior to 1889 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters before 1889 Signature Inscribed in upper left in black BARYE; Number Illegible numbers and name on reverse The Essence of Line The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 French Master Drawings of the Mid Nineteenth Century Fisher Gallery University of Southern California Los Angeles 1962 A Connoisseur's Portfolio The Wild Kingdom of Antoine-Louis Barye 1795-1875 Wildenstein Company New York 1994 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 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license 2D A Connoisseur's Portfolio The Essence of Line Drawings and paintings by Antoine-Louis Barye French paintings in the Walters Art Museum Lions in art 1840s watercolor paintings | ||||
