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Fawn Scratching

1820s

Antoine-Louis Barye

Sculptor, French, 1795 - 1875

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Artwork overview

Medium

bronze
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)
Dimensions

overall with base: 12.7 × 17.78 × 10.16 cm (5 × 7 × 4 in.)
Accession

2015.19.3792

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Bernard Black Gallery, New York); purchased April 1968 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on the base, behind left hind leg and tail: BARYE

Wikidata ID

Q63863593

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