Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - Lion at Rest - Walters 37816.jpg Barye posed this majestic reclining lion against a background consisting of rocks and a gnarled oak tree features familiar to him in the Forest of Fontainebleau circa 1850 s-1860s watercolor on moderately textured moderately thick cream wove paper cm 24 1 29 8 accession number 37 816 17985 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 In red watercolor at lower right corner on recto BARYE; Mark In graphite in center on verso o The Essence of Line 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 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 The Essence of Line Drawings and paintings by Antoine-Louis Barye French paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |