DETAILS
- Artist
- Antoine-Louis Barye
- Date
- 1800
- Medium
- Bronze
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- Overall (with base): 7 1/8 × 3 × 1 3/4 in. (18.1 × 7.6 × 4.4 cm); Height (without base): 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
- Collection
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Culture
- French
- Credit line
- Gift of Dr. Maria A. S. de Reinis, 1978
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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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