Horse Attacked by a Lion
model n.d., cast 1857/1873
Artist, French, 1795 - 1875
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G21
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 40.01 × 38.42 × 15.88 cm (15 3/4 × 15 1/8 × 6 1/4 in.)
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Accession
2014.136.273
Artwork history & notes
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
Exhibition History
1978
Antoine Louis Barye: A Selection of Bronzes from the Permanent Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 5 July - 10 September 1978.
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, fig. 28.
2007
Treasures of European Decorative Art and Sculpture, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 25 August 2007 - 29 March 2009, no catalogue.
Bibliography
2000
Poletti, Michel, and Alain Richarme. Barye: catalogue raisonné des sculptures. Paris, 2000: 256, under A122.
Inscriptions
on the side of the base: BARYE
Wikidata ID
Q63863639