Tiger Devouring a Gavial of the Ganges
Antoine-Louis Barye
model 1831
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall: 18.3 × 49.6 × 15.8 cm, 16 lb. (7 3/16 × 19 1/2 × 6 1/4 in., 7.258 kg)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp
Accession Number
2004.166.2
About the Artist
Antoine-Louis Barye · 1795–1875
Antoine-Louis Barye (1795–1875) was born in Paris on September 24, the son of goldsmith Pierre Barye and Marguerite Barye. Following family tradition, he apprenticed as a goldsmith under his father and, around 1810, with Martin-Guillaume Biennais, goldsmith to Napoleon. After brief military service, Barye pursued sculpture, studying under François-Joseph Bosio in 1816 and painter Baron Antoine-Jea...