Python Swallowing a Doe

model 1840, cast possibly 1876/1914

Antoine-Louis Barye

Sculptor, French, 1795 - 1875

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Art market, New York, mid-1960s; (F. Gorevic & Son, Inc., New York); sold 1965/1970 to Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts;[1] gift 1995 to NGA.
[1] Letter of 22 June 1996 from Charles Gorevic to Anne Halpern (in NGA curatorial files).

Associated Names

Bibliography

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: 34-42, color repro.

Inscriptions

incised, probably in foundry model, on plinth by front left hoof of doe: BARYE; incised, probably in foundry model, on edge of plinth: F.BARBEDIENNE.FONDEUR.; inset, on plinth by curve of python's tail, a gold foundry cachet: F.B.; incised on underside: 43; previous incision surmounted by stamped horizontal: 6

Wikidata ID

Q63860708

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