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| Keywords: Ferdinand Barbedienne - Greyhound - Walters 27475 - Profile.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Antoine-Louis Barye A patron named Comte Nicolaļ commissioned a marble statue of a greyhound To fulfill the commission Barye bought a black greyhound named Tom to serve as a model and the pet soon became a familiar sight to Barye's neighbors The location of the marble is no longer known but in 1889 George A Lucas discovered a plaster model now in the Peabody Institute that had been used by the marble carvers He subsequently ordered several casts including this one made by the foundry of Ferdinand Barbedienne modeled 1868; posthumously cast post-1875 bronze with warm brown patina cm 45 7 87 6 25 4 accession number 27 475 28254 William T Walters Baltimore 1889-1890 by purchase George A Lucas as agent Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1889-1890 Signature Cast through from model sharp and clear BARYE The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 Best in Show The Dog in Art from the Renaissance to Today The Bruce Museum Greenwich; The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston 2006-2007 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 Ferdinand Barbedienne Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Sculptures in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
