Jaguar Devouring a Crocodile

Antoine-Louis Barye, Jaguar Devouring a Crocodile, ca. 1830s, cast bronze and marble, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Olin Dows, 1983.90.206
Antoine-Louis Barye, Jaguar Devouring a Crocodile, ca. 1830s, cast bronze and marble, 4 3⁄8 x 5 x 10 1⁄2 in. (11.1 x 12.7 x 26.7 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Olin Dows, 1983.90.206
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Artwork Details

Title
Jaguar Devouring a Crocodile
Artist
Date
ca. 1830s
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
4 3⁄8 x 5 x 10 1⁄2 in. (11.1 x 12.7 x 26.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Olin Dows
Mediums
Mediums Description
cast bronze and marble
Classifications
Subjects
  • Animal — jaguar
  • Animal — reptile — alligator
Object Number
1983.90.206
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1983.90.206

Artwork Description

Antoine-Louis Barye created more than fifty sculptures of cats. He chiseled the surface and applied patinas to show the patterns and textures of each animal’s fur. His work captures the force and brutality of great wild cats attacking their prey, and one critic described it as a “fierce, gluttonous, voluptuous enjoyment of the feline beast in the taste of blood.”

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Ed McGowin, Room for Leaving, pencil on cardboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1974.105.2
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Ed McGowin, (Equal Employment Opportunity Is the Law, Portfolio) (Untitled), 1973, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the BLK Group, Inc., 1973.177.5
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Date1973
screenprint on paper
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Ed McGowin, Dairy Queen: Stage 3 (from the Name Change Project), 1972, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Given anonymously, 1973.182.18
Dairy Queen: Stage 3 (from the Name Change Project)
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screenprint on paper
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Ed McGowin, Ingram Andrew Young (from the Name Change Project), 1972, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Given anonymously, 1973.182.9
Ingram Andrew Young (from the Name Change Project)
Artist
Date1972
screenprint on paper
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