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| Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - "Surtout de table" - Wild Bull Hunt - Walters 27178 - Profile.jpg Sixteenth-century Spanish hunters armed with spears and accompanied by dogs attack a wild bull It is a dangerous pursuit and one of the men has fallen backward over his collapsed horse The dogs are in peril as well Barye had access to the duke of Orléans's extensive library containing books devoted to history and travel It was from such sources that he might have derived inspiration for his subjects This unique lost-wax cast originally was placed next to the plinth carrying the central Tiger Hunt Walters 27 176 in the Duke d'Orleans' celebrated table centre-piece between 1834 1838 bronze lost-wax cast with brown varnish patina over yellow bronze with minute traces of gilding cm 47 6 35 6 accession number 27 178 1323 Duc d'OrlĂ©ans 1834 by commission duchesse d'OrlĂ©ans date of acquisition unknown by inheritance duchesse d'OrlĂ©ans Sale January 18-20 1853 no 3 or 4 Lutteroth date and mode of acquisition unknown Georges Petit date and mode of acquisition unknown William T Walters Baltimore April 29 1885 by purchase George A Lucas and Montaignac as agents Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1885 Signature and Date Cast through from model BARYE / 1838; Transcription Inscribed on base BRONZE D'UN SEUL JET SANS CISELURE coule a l'hotel d'Angevilliers par honore Gonon / et ses deux fils 1838; Translation Inscribed on base Only bronze cast without carving cast at the Hotel D'Angevilliers by HonorĂ© Gonon and his two sons 1838 The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 Un âge d'or des arts dĂ©coratifs 1814-1848 Galeries nationales du Grand Palais Paris 1991 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 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 Sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Sculptures in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
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