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| Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - Tiger at Rest - Walters 37833.jpg Although Barye is often regarded as the foremost animal sculptor of the 19th century he also worked closely with a number of painters He studied with the artist Baron Antoine-Jean Gros and in the late 1820s he joined Eugène Delacroix in sketching animals at the Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes in Paris This important city zoo was an invaluable resource for artists depicting the natural world Barye exhibited watercolors at the beginning of his career but it was only after his death that his oil paintings were discovered in his studio In this unusually large example Barye creates a fantastic image of a reclining tiger posed against the rocky sandy terrain of the Apremont Gorge in the Fontainebleau forest middle Other date century 19 Oil on canvas cm 48 9 114 accession number 37 833 22083 Hector Brame Vente Barye Hôtel Drouot Paris February 5-6 1876 no 95 Private collection Reims date of acquisition unknown by purchase Montaignac date and mode of acquisition unknown William T Walters Baltimore November 28 1884 by purchase George A Lucas as agent Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1884 Signature Painted in red at lower right BARYE; Transcription Stamped from red wax seal on stretcher VENTE BARYE Des oeuvres du feu Barye Bronzes aquarelles tableaux Hotel Drouot Paris 1876 The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 Triumph of French Painting Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Norton Museum of Art West Palm Beach; Royal Academy of Arts London; Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo; Dayton Art Institute Dayton 2000-2002 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 Oil paintings of tigers French paintings in the Walters Art Museum Paintings of tigers by Antoine-Louis Barye 19th-century oil paintings | ||||
