
Antoine-Louis Barye
French Artist · 1796–1875
36 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture
Antoine-Louis Barye was initially trained in goldsmithing, his father's occupation. After serving in Napoleon's army, he studied sculpture and painting and entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1818. Like the painters Théodore Géricault and Eugène Delacroix, with whom he studied the animals at the Paris zoo, Barye exemplified the Romantic predilection for exotic and violent subjects; many of his bro
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A Deer and a Lynx
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1834
#692442

Crocodile Devouring Antelope
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 19th century
#187995

Deer and Tree Against Sunset
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1810–75
#333937

Eagle with a Dead Heron
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 19th century
#198390

Eagle with Chamois
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · modeled between 1824 and 1826, cast before 1875
#191982

Eagle with Serpent
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · modeled between 1824 and 1826, cast before 1875
#191981

Four-light candelabrum (one of a pair)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · modeled ca. 1845, cast probably 1864–75
#236756

Group of Bison
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1810–75
#333938

Herons in Landscape
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1810–75
#333916

Leopard
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · modeled 1831, cast ca. 1850-1857
#191988

Leopard and Serpent
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1810–75
#333922

Leopard Lying Down
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1810–75
#333918

Leopard Watching Serpent
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1810–75
#333931

Lion Attacking a Boar
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · modeled in 1867, cast between 1876 and 1889
#198914

Lion Attacking an Ibex
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · modeled in 1867, cast between 1876 and 1889
#198913

Lion Devouring a Doe
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · modeled 1837, executed probably 1847–48
#198638

Lioness and Cubs
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · possibly 1832
#343641

Lion Sleeping
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1810–75
#333928

Pointer with Duck
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · modeled between 1824 and 1826, cast before 1875
#191983

Python Crushing a Crocodile
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · modeled 1840 or 1841, cast after 1847
#191483

Python Killing a Gnu
Getty Museum · 1840s–1860s
#a6c28799-735d-4547-9637-98e1bf99c576

Roger and Angelica Mounted on a Hippogriff
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · modeled perhaps ca. 1840 or in 1846, cast probably before 1847
#191584

Running Elk
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · modeled between 1824 and 1826, cast before 1875
#191984

Snarling Tiger
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 19th century
#198389

Standing Lion (Lionne debout)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · modeled probably ca. 1825–30
#236144

Ten-light Grecian-style candelabrum (one of a pair)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · probably ca. 1857–75
#206581

Ten-light Grecian-style candelabrum (one of a pair)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · probably ca. 1857–75
#236755

The Force
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 19th century
#198642

Theseus Fighting the Centaur Bianor
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · modeled 1849, cast ca. 1867
#186832

Tiger
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1810–75
#333920

Tiger Attacking an Antelope
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca.1857
#191125

Tiger in Landscape
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1810–75
#333932

Tiger in Repose
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1850–65
#678013

Virginia Stag
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · modeled 1831, cast ca. 1850-1857
#191986

Vulture
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1810–75
#333917

Walking Lion
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · modeled ca. 1841, possibly cast in the 1840s
#191585