Physical Qualities
Bronze, brown-gold patina, 10-1/8 H x 17-1/2 L x 5-3/4 D in.
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
1996.46.17
Wolf crouching under a stag's neck and biting it in the throat. The stag's proper right foreleg is stretched forward, and its proper left hind leg is bent. The stag's head (with large spread antlers) is bent over the wolf's head. Base: natural rocky oval ground; no rim.
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, "Barye: Contrasting Viewpoint", August 12-September 28, 1975.
The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, May 1-3, 1984.
Sona K. Johnson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated by Brain Trust to Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, January 11-February 16, 2003; Sakura City Museum of Art, Chiba, February 27-March 30, 2003; Okazaki City Museum, April 5-May 18, 2003; Suntory Museum, Osaka, May 24-July 6, 2003; Miyazaki Prefectural Museum, July 12-August 17, 2003.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Barye: Contrasting Viewpoint", August 12-September 28, 1975.
The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, May 1-3, 1984.
Sona K. Johnson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated by Brain Trust to Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, January 11-February 16, 2003; Sakura City Museum of Art, Chiba, February 27-March 30, 2003; Okazaki City Museum, April 5-May 18, 2003; Suntory Museum, Osaka, May 24-July 6, 2003; Miyazaki Prefectural Museum, July 12-August 17, 2003.
Sona K. Johnson et al, "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art," Tokyo: "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art" catalogue committee, 2003, no. 17, p. 40, ill. p. 41.
Inscribed: Top of base: front/proper right, stamped 'BARYE'. Side of base: back/left, stamped 'F.BARBEDIENNE.FONDEUR.'; back/right, gold embossed 'FB'. Two stickers: L.64.15.19; BMA cat. #400.
