Romanticism · The Walters Art Museum · 27.151
Python Killing a Gazelle
Antoine-Louis Barye, 19th century
The Walters Art Museum · Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters · Public domain
- Artist
- Antoine-Louis Barye
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- 15.5 × 39.5 cm
- Era
- Romanticism
Why it matters
Barye compresses a violent animal encounter into a low, coiling mass. The snake’s continuous curve and the gazelle’s arrested limbs turn close observation into Romantic drama, while casting preserves the minute textures of the modeled surface.