Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - Python Swallowing a Roe-Deer - Walters 37835.jpg 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 circa 1840 s watercolor on slightly textured moderately thick cream wove paper cm 21 6 32 1 accession number 37 835 4856 William T Walters Baltimore prior to 1889 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters before 1889 Number In graphite at lower left corner on verso 18 The Essence of Line 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 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license 2D The Essence of Line Drawings and paintings by Antoine-Louis Barye French paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |