Physical Qualities
Bronze, red-brown patina, 6-5/8 H x 10 W x 4-3/4 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
1996.46.55
Boar with belly and hind quarters resting on ground, head raised, and a spear imbedded in its proper left side. The boar's proper right hind leg and proper right foreleg are bent. The spear in this cast is longer and at a sharper angle than that of BMA 1996.46.23. Base: irregular oval ground with some incised lines; 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, by purchase, possibly 1887 or 1897
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection", October 12-November 21, 1965, no. 352.
The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, November 12-December 27, 1970.
Eugene Leake, The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, January 12-13, 1971.
The North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Gallery for the Blind, Raleigh, NC, "Antoine Louis Barye Exhibition", September 1-November 6, 1972.
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, "Les Animaliers: Antoine Barye and His Followers", January 17-February 23, 1975.
The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, November 12-December 27, 1970.
Eugene Leake, The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, January 12-13, 1971.
The North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Gallery for the Blind, Raleigh, NC, "Antoine Louis Barye Exhibition", September 1-November 6, 1972.
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, "Les Animaliers: Antoine Barye and His Followers", January 17-February 23, 1975.
Inscribed: Signed on base: 'BARYE'. Bottom of base: two labels: cat 351 L.64.15.64; BMA cat 352.
