Horse Attacked by a Lion

Provenance

Commissioned 1873 directly from the artist by William T. Walters, chairman of the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s acquisition committee; purchased 1873 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Horse Attacked by a Lion

Barye, Antoine-Louis

model n.d., cast 1857/1873

Accession Number

2014.136.273

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 40.01 × 38.42 × 15.88 cm (15 3/4 × 15 1/8 × 6 1/4 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)