MAKE A MEME View Large Image ...Louis Barye - "Surtout de table" - Elk Hunt - Walters 27175 - Profile.jpg In the duke of Orléans' table centerpiece the Elk Hunt a scene set in Mongolia was originally placed on top of a small temple-like base flanked with figurative ...
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Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - "Surtout de table" - Elk Hunt - Walters 27175 - Profile.jpg In the duke of Orléans' table centerpiece the Elk Hunt a scene set in Mongolia was originally placed on top of a small temple-like base flanked with figurative statuettes by the sculptor Antoine Moine 1796-1849 It was placed next to the Lion Hunt at one end of the 19-foot-long centerpiece The firm of Richard et Quesnel initially tried to sand cast this sculpture but returned it to Honoré Gonon who after restoring the model cast it in separate pieces Auguste Ottin 1811-90 the sculptor who assisted Barye in the production of the Tiger Hunt helped in assembling the pieces and finishing the surface When Barye submitted this sculpture to the 1837 Salon the jury overwhelmingly rejected it between 1834 1838 bronze with heavy black varnish patina over yellow bronze with some areas of leaf gilding cm 52 1 45 7 accession number 27 175 35268 Duc d'Orléans 1834 by commission duchesse d'Orléans Sale Paris January 18-20 1853 no 1 Count Anatole Demidoff San Donato Sale Paris March 22-24 1870 no 1534 William T Walters Baltimore around November 30 1888 by purchase George A Lucas as agent Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters ca 1888 Signature and Date Cast through from model BARYE / 1838 The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 Un âge d'or des arts décoratifs 1814-1848 Galeries nationales du Grand Palais Paris 1991 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 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 Elks in art House of Demidov's collections
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