Elk Surprised by a Lynx, model 1841, cast by 1873

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G21

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 22.86 × 33.66 × 15.24 cm (9 × 13 1/4 × 6 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

Accession Number

2014.136.274

Artists / Makers

Antoine-Louis Barye (artist) French, 1795 - 1875

Image Use

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Inscription

on the base: BARYE

Provenance

Commissioned 1873 directly from the artist by William T. Walters, chairman of the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s acquisition committee; purchased 1873 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Exhibition History

1988: Antoine-Louis Barye: The Corcoran Collection, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, Houston; The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 1988-1990, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

2000: Poletti, Michel, and Alain Richarme. Barye: catalogue raisonné des sculptures. Paris, 2000: 279, under A139 (Corcoran accession number given incorrectly as 73.76 instead of 73.74).