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| Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - Walking Lion; Striding Lion (Racing Trophy) - Walters 27167 - Profile.jpg Roger Ballu Barye's first biographer relates how In 1865 at the Grand Prix de Paris a horse race held at Longchamps the French filly Fille de l'Air Daughter of the Wind defeated the English entry He continues noting that Napoleon III personally presented this silver racing trophy to Count Frederic de Lagrange the owner of the winning horse Barye received a commission of 10 000 francs for this enlarged version of Walking Lion a subject that had first been cast about 1840 The problem with Ballu's account is that Lagrange's Gladiateur won the Grand Prix in 1865 after having won the Triple Crown in England being the first foreign horse to do so The Fille de l'Air a filly also owned by Lagrange won the Epsom Derby in 1864 Presumably the marble plinth with the inscription identifying Fille de l'Air as the 1865 winner was cut long after 1865 when a confusion arose as to the exact history of the event La Fille de l'Air did win La Coupe at Longchamp in 1865 It is a group 3 race 1865 silver on marble plinth cm 49 5 67 9 22 2 accession number 27 167 30333 J Montaignac William T Walters Baltimore January 30 1885 by purchase George A Lucas as agent Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1885 Signature Cast through from model BARYE; Date Incised in gold letters on black marble plinth PARIS 30 AVRIL 1865/ FILLE D'AIR; Number Painted on plinth W 49 The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 A Baltimorean in Paris George A Lucas 1860-1909 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979 The Taste of Maryland Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984 Bronze Animaliers Arnot Art Museum Elmira 1985 A Magnificent Age Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Baltimore The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2002-2004 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 Lost and Found The Secrets of Archimedes The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2011-2012 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 Sculptures of lions Trophies Grand Prix de Paris flat horse racing 1865 | ||||
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