Antoine-Louis Barye
Pair of Rhinoceroses
1844-1854
Physical Qualities
Transparent and opaque watercolor with scraping, Sheet: 123 x 199 mm. (4 13/16 x 7 13/16 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
1996.48.18809
Cream, medium-weight, slightly textured wove paper
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1889, no. 691.
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 'Exhibition of Paintings, Bronzes and Porcelains of the George A. Lucas Collection', 1911, p. 101, no. 613.
Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Mar. 1947.
San Jose State College, San Jose, CA, Mar. 18 - Apr. 2, 1963.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'George A. Lucas Collection of Maryland Institute,' Oct. 12-Nov. 21, 1965, p. 63, no. 307.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, '19th Century European Paintings', June 24-Sept. 7, 1969.
The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, Nov. 12 - Dec. 27, 1970.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Downtown Gallery, 'Selections fromt he Lucas Collection', July 12-Aug. 22, 1975.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Barye: Contrasting Viewpoints', Aug. 12-Sept. 28, 1975.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Beauties and Beasts: Barye from the George A.
Lucas Collection', May 13-Aug. 30, 1992.
Joseph Baillio, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 'The Wild Kingdom of Antoine-Louis Barye: 1795-1875', Nov. 4-Dec. 9, 1994, p. 126, no. 96, ill. p. 91.
Wildenstein & Company, New York, NY, "The Wild Kingdom of Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1825)," Nov. 4 - Dec. 9, 1994.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Parallels and Precedents: The George A. Lucas Collection in Context," 23 August - 15 October, 1995.
Walters Art Museum, "Antoine-Louis Barye, Romantic Sculptor," 18 June - 3 September, traveled to Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, 8 October 2006 - 7 January 2007, Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, 6 February - 29 April 2007.
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 'Exhibition of Paintings, Bronzes and Porcelains of the George A. Lucas Collection', 1911, p. 101, no. 613.
Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Mar. 1947.
San Jose State College, San Jose, CA, Mar. 18 - Apr. 2, 1963.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'George A. Lucas Collection of Maryland Institute,' Oct. 12-Nov. 21, 1965, p. 63, no. 307.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, '19th Century European Paintings', June 24-Sept. 7, 1969.
The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, Nov. 12 - Dec. 27, 1970.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Downtown Gallery, 'Selections fromt he Lucas Collection', July 12-Aug. 22, 1975.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Barye: Contrasting Viewpoints', Aug. 12-Sept. 28, 1975.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Beauties and Beasts: Barye from the George A.
Lucas Collection', May 13-Aug. 30, 1992.
Joseph Baillio, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 'The Wild Kingdom of Antoine-Louis Barye: 1795-1875', Nov. 4-Dec. 9, 1994, p. 126, no. 96, ill. p. 91.
Wildenstein & Company, New York, NY, "The Wild Kingdom of Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1825)," Nov. 4 - Dec. 9, 1994.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Parallels and Precedents: The George A. Lucas Collection in Context," 23 August - 15 October, 1995.
Walters Art Museum, "Antoine-Louis Barye, Romantic Sculptor," 18 June - 3 September, traveled to Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, 8 October 2006 - 7 January 2007, Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, 6 February - 29 April 2007.
Roger Reboussin, Barye, peintre, Paris: Imprimerie Studium, 1913, p. 200.
Kathleen Stuart. "Master Drawings: The Collection of Esmond Bradley Martin." Denver: Denver Art Museum, 2013, p. 62, fig. 1, repr. color
Inscribed: lower right in purple watercolor: "BARYE"
