Antoine-Louis BARYE (1796-1875) : " Standing Jaguar n° 1 ", a beautiful bronze proof with a brown patina nuanced with gold, signed on the BARYE terrace, stamped gold F.B for Ferdinand BARBEDIENNE, numbered in hollow 43. End of the XIXth century, the rectangular gold stamp was used between 1876 and 1889. Height. 13.5 cm. Length. 22,5 cm. Width. maximum 6,6 cm.
Bibliographic reference : Michel POLETTI and Alain RICHARME : " Barye Catalogue raisonné des sculptures ", and Ed. GALLIMARD Paris 2000, model reproduced p. 231 and described under number 204, plate A92.