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Lioness and Cubs

possibly 1832
Not on view
Barye's skills as a lithographer are demonstrated in this freely drawn family group. The inert form of the sleeping lioness is contrasted with the wide-eyed stares of her wary cubs. Studies of lions, which the artist made in the Zoological Gardens in Paris, underpin the careful foreshortening of the recumbent adult.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Lioness and Cubs
  • Artist: Antoine-Louis Barye (French, Paris 1795–1875 Paris)
  • Date: possibly 1832
  • Medium: Lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 4 7/8 × 8 1/4 in. (12.4 × 21 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.511.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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