Portrait of Barye with a Wax Model of "Seated Lion", Léon Bonnat, 1885

Walters commissioned this portrait through his fellow barye enthusiast in baltimore george lucas. Barye's having died thirteen years earlier, bonnat worked from a photograph of the sculptor taken by the respected french photographer nadar that, along with a wax model of the "seated lion," was provided by lucas. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1885. Place of creation: France. Dimensions: height: 129 cm (50.7 in); width: 93 cm (36.6 in);; framed: 163.2 × 126.6 × 10.4 cm (64.2 × 49.8 × 4.1 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Léon Bonnat - Portrait of Barye with a Wax Model of "Seated Lion" - Walters 37757