Antoine-Louis Barye
French, 1795–1875
Tiger at Rest
c. 1850–70
Famous as a painter and sculptor of animals, Barye often studied his subjects from life at a Paris zoo. The tiger here is shown at rest but alert, as if ready to spring into action at any moment. Loosely painted on paper, this oil sketch includes lines drawn in charcoal, suggesting that it is the earliest and least finished version of several related paintings.
| Medium | oil and charcoal on paper, mounted on canvas |
| Dimensions | 12 3/16 x 18 1/4 in. (31 x 46.5 cm) Frame: 16 7/8 x 23 x 1 1/2 in. (42.9 x 58.4 x 3.8 cm) |
| Object Number | 1955.640 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | On View |
Image Caption
Antoine-Louis Barye, Tiger at Rest, c. 1850–70, oil and charcoal on paper, mounted on canvas. Clark Art Institute, 1955.640
Select Bibliography
Lovett, Jennifer Gordon. The Art and Craft of Nineteenth-Century Sculpture. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1994.
Baillio, Joseph. The Wild Kingdom of Antoine-Louis Barye. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Wildenstein & Co., 1994.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1970.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1972.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1984.
Kern, Steven, ed. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1992.
Lees, Sarah, ed. Nineteenth-Century European Paintings at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; New Haven and London: distributed by Yale University Press, 2012.
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Provenance
[Levesque, Paris, sold to Clark, 3 Jan. 1913, as Tigre couché]; Robert Sterling Clark (1913–55); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.
