Tiger Devouring a Gavial (Tigre dévorant un gavial)
Object type: Statuette
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French
Artist: Antoine-Louis Barye
Artist bio: French, Paris 1795–1875 Paris
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: modeled in 1831, probably cast after 1847
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: Overall: 7 5/8 × 20 × 7 1/4 in. (19.4 × 50.8 × 18.4 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1910
Accession year: 1910
Tags: Crocodiles|Tigers