Turtle
model n.d., cast c. 1845/1968
Sculptor, French, 1795 - 1875
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 3.81 × 10.16 × 7.62 cm (1 1/2 × 4 × 3 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.3911
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(The Sporting Gallery, Middleburg, Virginia); purchased 1968 by Robert Scott Wiles, Arlington, Virginia; gift May 1976 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1978
Antoine Louis Barye: A Selection of Bronzes from the Permanent Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978.
Bibliography
2000
Poletti, Michel, and Alain Richarme. Barye: catalogue raisonné des sculptures. Paris, 2000: 347, under A206(1).
Inscriptions
on the underside: BARYE
Wikidata ID
Q63863577