Antoine-Louis Barye and Brame
Cheval surpris par un lion (seconde version)
1856-1908
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Bronze, 15 3/4 x 15 x 4 3/4 in. (40 x 38.1 x 12.1 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.46.26
"Horse Surprised by a Lion" references a number of artistic sources from antique sculpture to the works of Leonardo da Vinci, Peter Paul Rubens, and Barye’s romantic
contemporary, Eugène Delacroix. In Paris, Barye studied living animals in the menagerie of the Jardin des Plantes and was familiar with the preserved specimens in the museum of comparative anatomy. His sketchbooks indicated that he also observed animal dissections and read scholarly papers on the species he depicted.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchse, 1996; from Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, by gift, 1910; from Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest, 1909; from George Aloysius Lucas, Paris
The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, November 12-December 27, 1970.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection: Maryland's Treasure", circulated to Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, July 26-September 27, 1998.
Zimmerli Art Museum, "Breaking the Mold: Sculpture in Paris from Daumier to Rodin", October 23, 2005-March 12, 2006.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art", October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection: Maryland's Treasure", circulated to Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, July 26-September 27, 1998.
Zimmerli Art Museum, "Breaking the Mold: Sculpture in Paris from Daumier to Rodin", October 23, 2005-March 12, 2006.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art", October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.
BMA, 'BMA News,' 'A Grand Legacy,' January-February 2003, p.6 ill.
Inscribed: Side of base: back/right, stamped 'BARYE'. One sticker: L.64.15.30.
