Tiger

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Tiger

Artist
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1796 – 1875)
Date
19th century
Medium or Technique
Plaster
Dimensions
7 3/4 x 16 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches
Collection
Syracuse University Art Galleries
Accession Number
SUAC 1967.240
Credit Line
Syracuse University Art Collection, gift of the James Earle and Laura Gardin Fraser Estate

Description

Antoine-Louis Barye was a French artist who was praised for his mastery of the animalier tradition. A prolific sculptor, Barye was admired chiefly for his small bronze statues of animals. His Tiger in the art collections at Syracuse University, is a rare surviving example of a plaster model for a bronze statue. It once belonged to the acclaimed American sculptors James Earle Fraser and Laura Gardin Fraser who gifted it to Syracuse University.

Essay

“Antoine-Louis Barye, the King of the Animalierby Kathryn Flynn

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