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| Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - "Surtout de table" - Python Killing a Gnu - Walters 27152 - Profile.jpg Barye was fascinated by large snakes and portrayed them in sculptures and paintings Two Javanese pythons were sent to the Jardin des Plantes in 1838 In this sculpture a python has entwined itself around the body of a gnu an African antelope also known as a wildebeest This sculpture is one of four animal combats that originally stood at the base of the triumphal arch supporting the Tiger Hunt Two of the other combats Eagle Attacking a Wounded Ibex and Lion Attacking a Boar are now in the Louvre Museum; the fourth Tiger Devouring a Large Antelope belongs to the Detroit Institute of Arts between 1834 1839 bronze with warm brown patina over areas of metallic flake or powdered surface with traces of gilding cm 21 6 29 2 24 1 accession number 27 152 34005 Duc d'Orléans 1834 by commission duchesse d'Orléans Sale Paris January 18-20 1853 no 2 Alphonse de Hautpoul Maurice Mallet Henry Walters Baltimore November 19 1906 by purchase George A Lucas as agent Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1906 Signature Cast through from model BARYE The Romantics to Rodin French Nineteenth Century Sculpture from North American Collections Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; The Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit; Indianapolis Museum of Art Indianapolis 1980-1981 Un âge d'or des arts décoratifs 1814-1848 Galeries nationales du Grand Palais Paris 1991 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 Sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Gnus in art Pythons in art | ||||
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