Jaguar Sleeping
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 late 1830s, cast probably before 1847
Medium: Bronze, brown patina
Dimensions: Overall: 3 1/4 × 12 3/16 in. (8.3 × 31 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
Credit line: Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1940
Accession year: 1940
Tags: Animals