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Tiger attacking an antelope

Antoine-Louis Barye, 1800

MEDIUMSerpentine stone
DIMENSIONSOverall: 26 1/2 × 46 1/2 × 20 in. (67.3 × 118.1 × 50.8 cm)
LOCATIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Antoine-Louis Barye

Antoine-Louis Barye, the 'Michelangelo of the menagerie,' transformed animal sculpture into a powerful Romantic art form.

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