Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - Horse Attacked by a Lion - Walters 27144.jpg Barye was fascinated by the violence possible in nature here expressed in the frightened eyes of the horse and the overall muscular tension Early 19th-century French sculptors preferred marble as a medium because they thought it better suited to their neoclassical pursuit of the idealized restraint of classical Greek sculpture Barye broke away from this exploiting the workability of bronze to explore its potential for portraying the highly emotional themes favored in the following decades 1833 bronze sand-cast in sections chemical patina cm 40 3 accession number 27 144 29490 William T Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unkonwn Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 The Allure of Bronze The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 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 |