Antoine-Louis Barye - Tiger at Rest - Walters 37834

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Antoine-Louis Barye: Tiger at Rest. Artist: Antoine-Louis Barye (1795–1875) . . Description: French painter, sculptor and founder. Date of birth/death: 24 September 1795 25 June 1875 . Location of birth/death: Paris 4th arrondissement of Paris. Work location: Paris . Authority control: : Q451489 VIAF: 71400631 ISNI: 0000 0000 8077 7274 ULAN: 500007044 LCCN: n83192887 NLA: 35479420 WGA: BARYE, Antoine-Louis Open Library: OL263482A GND: 118657437 SUDOC: 028036417 BNF: 11995263c NKC: xx0008637 Léonore: [ LH/129/44] BNE: XX1183740 CiNii: DA11952594 KulturNav: 15aeadb4-eeb2-4a06-800e-aba65f592563 RKD: 4831 Koninklijke: 070254990 WorldCat. artist QS:P170,Q451489. Title: Tiger at Rest. Description: English: A Bengal tiger gazes directly at the viewer. Working in a technique popularized by British watercolorists in the early 19th century, Barye used thin washes of color to capture the atmospheric effects in the cloudy sky and to suggest the indistinct forms in the landscape. Date: circa 1830 date QS:P571,+1830-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902s-1840s. Medium: watercolor with gum heightening on rough, thick, cream wove paper. Dimensions: 36.5 × 54.3 cm (14.3 × 21.3 in). Collection: Walters Art Museum . . Native name: Walters Art Museum. Location: Baltimore, United States of America. Coordinates: 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W . Established: 1934 . Web page: thewalters.org. Authority control: : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 0000 0004 0373 611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat. institution QS:P195,Q210081. Accession number: 37.834. Place of creation: Paris, France. Object history: Barye Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 7-12, 1876, lot 164 Mme Veuve Barye, Paris William T. Walters, Baltimore, January 17, 1885, by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent] 1894: inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters. Exhibition history: Botanical Delights: Floral Motifs in 19th-Century Art. Strathmore Hall Art Center, North Bethesda; Academy of the Arts, Easton, Easton; Government House, Annapolis. 1998-1999. A Discerning Eye: Nineteenth-century Drawings and Watercolors. Academy of the Arts, Easton, Easton. 1998-1999. The Essence of Line, French Drawings from Ingres to Degas, Walters Art Museum, 19 June 2005–11 September 2005, Birmingham Museum of Art, 19 February 2006–14 May 2006, Tacoma Art Museum, 10 June 2006–17 September 2006 . Untamed: The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach. 2007-2008. The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York. 1889-1890. The Wild Kingdom of Antoine-Louis Barye, 1795-1875. Wildenstein & Company, New York. 1994. French Master Drawings. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1997-1998. Credit line: Acquired by William T. Walters, 1885. Inscriptions: [Signature] Painted in red watercolor at lower left corner: BARYE; [Number] Written in graphite in center on verso: no. 60; [Number] Crossed out in graphite at right of center on verso: 60; [Notations] Two sets of mathematical calculations, possibly prices, in graphite in upper right quadrant on verso; [Transcription] Stamped from red wax seal on back of mount: Vente Barye. Source: Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork. Permission(Reusing this file): : This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. If you wish to use this content, you do not need to request permission as long as you follow any licensing requirements mentioned on this page. The Wikimedia Foundation has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. This correspondence has been reviewed by an Volunteer Response Team (VRT) member and stored in our permission archive. The correspondence is available to trusted volunteers as ticket #2012021710000834. If you have questions about the archived correspondence, please use the OTRS noticeboard. Ticket link: https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2012021710000834.