Sleeping Jaguar
Statuette
ca. 1890 (made)
ca. 1890 (made)
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This figure cast by the Parisian foundry of Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810–92) is after a model by the 19thcentury sculptor Antoine- Louis Barye. Multiple editions of Barye’s works were made by the quick and cheap method of sand casting and marketed to middle-class Parisians.
Object details
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| Title | Sleeping Jaguar (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Bronze |
| Brief description | Sleeping Jaguar, bronze statuette, after a model by Barye, France (Paris), about 1890 |
| Physical description | Figure bronze. A jaguar lying down. |
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| Summary | This figure cast by the Parisian foundry of Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810–92) is after a model by the 19thcentury sculptor Antoine- Louis Barye. Multiple editions of Barye’s works were made by the quick and cheap method of sand casting and marketed to middle-class Parisians. |
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| Accession number | 100-1890 |
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| Record created | March 30, 2005 |
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