Tiger Devouring a Gavial of the Ganges

model 1831

Antoine-Louis Barye

Artist, French, 1795 - 1875

Antoine-Louis Barye

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp

  • Dimensions

    overall: 18.3 × 49.6 × 15.8 cm, 16 lb. (7 3/16 × 19 1/2 × 6 1/4 in., 7.258 kg)

  • Accession Number

    2004.166.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Shepherd Gallery, New York); purchased 1978 by Frank Anderson Trapp [1922-2005], Amherst and Pittsburgh; gift 2004 to NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on a leaf to the proper left of the tiger at center of base: BARYE

Wikidata ID

Q63863558

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