Tiger Surprising an Antelope

Provenance

Eugene [1875-1959] and Agnes Ernst Meyer [1887-1970], Mount Kisco, New York, and Washington, D.C., probably after 1910;[1] gift 1967 to NGA. [1] The Eugene and Agnes Ernst Meyer Papers at the Library of Congress have no information as to when they acquired the sculpture, or its earlier provenance. It was probably acquired after their marriage in 1910.

Tiger Surprising an Antelope

Barye, Antoine-Louis

model c. 1831, cast after 1855

Accession Number

1967.13.2

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 34.9 x 55.8 x 22.9 cm (13 3/4 x 21 15/16 x 9 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer