Name: ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)
Brand: Lion qui marche (Walking Lion) and Tigre qui marche (Walking Tiger), a pair
Price: 4800.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)
Lion qui marche (Walking Lion) and Tigre qui marche (Walking Tiger), a pair
each signed 'BARYE' (to the base) and inscribed F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR, further inscribed FRANCE (each to the side of the base)
bronze, dark brown patina
5³⁄₄ in. (14.6 cm.) high, 10¹⁄₄ in. (26 cm.) wide, the lion

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Antoine-Louis Barye cast the first example of Lion qui marche circa 1840 (M. Poletti & A. Richarme, Barye, fig. A 61, p. 187), and the first example of Tigre qui marche circa 1841 (M. Poletti & A. Richarme, Barye, fig. A 70, p. 198). Although over 100 épreuves of the former and 60 of the latter were cast during the sculptor's lifetime, the popularity of the models and proliferation of casts may be credited directly to Barbedienne, who edited both, numerously from Barye's death into the early 20th century.