Antoine-Louis Barye and Barbedienne
Python Seizing a Gnu by the Throat
1892-1908
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Physical Qualities
Bronze, brown-green patina, 10-3/4 H x 15-5/8 L x 7-3/4 D in.
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.46.45
Python coiled around a gnu (a large African antelope) and biting it in the proper right side of its head. The gnu, with its head rearing back and mouth open, has collapsed on all four legs. Base: oval rocky ground; no rim.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; from Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, by gift 1910; from Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George Aloysius Lucas, Paris
The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, November 12-December 27, 1970.
Eugene Leake, The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, January 12-13, 1971.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Barye: Contrasting Viewpoints", August 12-September 28, 1975.
Eugene Leake, The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, January 12-13, 1971.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Barye: Contrasting Viewpoints", August 12-September 28, 1975.
Inscribed: Signed on base: 'BARYE'; 'F. BARBEDIENNE.Fondeur'. Two labels: L.64.15.53; BMA cat. #399.
