Horse Attacked by a Tiger
model 1837 or before, cast possibly after 1875
Artist, French, 1795 - 1875
Antoine-Louis Barye
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 26.1 x 36.9 x 16.2 cm (10 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 6 3/8 in.)
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Accession Number
1980.44.4
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Bernard Black Gallery, New York); sold May 1966 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia;[1] gift 1980 to NGA.[2]
[1] According to donor records, in NGA curatorial files.
[2] There are two known casts of this sculpture, one in the NGA and the other in The Walter's Art Gallery, Baltimore. One cast was exhibited in New York in 1889 as no. 37, and was listed as belonging to R. Austin Robertson, ESQ. However, it is undetermined as to whether this is the copy belonging to the NGA or to the Walters.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1974
Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., March-May 1974, unnumbered checklist.
Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June-September 1974, no. XIX, repro.
Bibliography
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 25, repro.
2000
Butler, Ruth, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 25-27, color repro.
Inscriptions
incised into model on proper right side of self-base: BARYE
Wikidata ID
Q63854535