Antoine-Louis Barye and Brame
Tiger Devouring a Gavial (first reduction)
1839-1875
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Physical Qualities
Bronze, red-brown patina, 8 x 19 1/2 in. (20.3 x 49.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift from the Descendants of Marian and Sidney Lansburgh
Object Number
1998.115
Tiger lying down holding a gavial (large harmless crocodile) between its forepaws (claws extended), and biting it on the base of its tail. The tiger's tail is curled toward the proper left and ends in a small raised loop (tip of tail resting on ground). The gavial's tail is wrapped around the proper left side of the tiger's neck. The gavial's long jaw (with a knob on the tip) is open and its head is curled around the tiger's proper left foreleg. There is a small turtle partially visible under the tiger's proper right foreleg. Base: oval ground covered with stylized leaves with rim.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1998; from Richard Lansburgh, Baltimore; estate of his mother, Marian Lansburgh (née Epstein), Baltimore; from her father, Jacob Epstein, Baltimore
Inscribed: On interior: 'Lucas' in white paint; 'Tigre Devorant un Gavil' in black paint.
