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Antoine-Louis Barye: Python Swallowing a Roe-Deer   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Antoine-Louis Barye  (1795–1875)  wikidata:Q451489
 
Antoine-Louis Barye
Description French painter, sculptor and founder
Date of birth/death 24 September 1795 Edit this at Wikidata 25 June 1875 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris 4th arrondissement of Paris
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artist QS:P170,Q451489
Title
Python Swallowing a Roe-Deer
Description
English: Although the pythons in the Jardin des Plantes were fed only small rodents, Barye was intrigued with literary accounts of these snakes swallowing much larger mammals.
Date circa 1840
date QS:P571,+1840-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Medium watercolor on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper
Dimensions height: 21.6 cm (8.5 in); width: 32.1 cm (12.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,21.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,32.1U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
37.835
Place of creation Paris, France
Object history
Exhibition history
  • The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York. 1889-1890. A Supple Brush: The Flowering of Continental Watercolors. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979.
  • 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.
  • 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.
Credit line Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1889
Inscriptions [Number] In graphite at lower left corner, on verso: 18.
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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