Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - Two Arab Horsemen Killing a Lion - Walters 27177 - Side A.jpg An Arab hunter mounted on a rearing horse thrusts his spear down the throat of the lion His companion armed with a musket climbs over the back of his fallen horse In the course of his career Barye issued a number of works repeating various elements of the duke of Orléans' Lion Hunt He first listed this composition in his 1847 sales catalogue modeled ca 1838; first issued 1847-1848 bronze with a golden brown patina with some possible gilding on a base of warm brown patina cm 37 5 40 24 1 accession number 27 177 3071 William T Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters Signature Cast through from the model BARYE; Number Painted inside in white W 33 The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 Untamed The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Palm Beach 2007-2008 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Sculptures in the Walters Art Museum |