Royal & Noble

Antoine-Louis Barye

Jaguar dévorante un agouti (Jaguar devouring an agouti)

Lot Closed

January 18, 03:00 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Antoine-Louis Barye

French

1795 - 1875

Jaguar dévorante un agouti (Jaguar devouring an agouti)

signed: BARYE and stamped: VP

bronze, green and brown patina

with a label to the underside inscribed: nsss. / 11.129

7.5 by 23.5cm., 3 by 9¼in.

Probably D. Maria Luísa de Sousa Holstein, 3rd Duquesa de Palmela (1841-1909);

By descent to Dom Alexandre de Sousa e Holstein Beck, Visconde de Lançada (1934-2014);

Thence by descent to the present owner.

RELATED LITERATURE:
M. Poletti and A. Richarme, Barye: Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Paris, 2000, p. 237, A 97, fig. 212