Senegalese Elephant

Antoine-Louis Barye French

modeled ca. 1874, cast between 1874 and 1875

Not on view

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Title: Senegalese Elephant
Artist: Antoine-Louis Barye (French, Paris 1795–1875 Paris)
Date: modeled ca. 1874, cast between 1874 and 1875
Culture: French, Paris
Medium: Bronze (sand cast)
Dimensions: without base: 5 1/2 × 7 5/8 in., 3.4 lb. (14 × 19.4 cm, 1.6 kg)
Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
Credit Line: Bequest of Jacob Ruppert, 1939
Object Number: 39.65.58a, b
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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