File:Antoine-Louis Barye - Python in a Tree - Walters 37817.jpg
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[edit]Antoine-Louis Barye: Python in a Tree
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Python in a Tree |
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English: "Python in a Tree" represents a snake coiled around branches in a lush, verdant tropical forest setting. This work dates from Barye's maturity in the 1850s to 1860s and is among his most colorful watercolors. This is especially evident in the flecks of blue, red, pink, and orange that animate the snake's skin. Barye defines the animal's shape in pen and India ink, making it stand out in relief and giving it a three-dimensional quality. He also demonstrates his penchant for scraping away paint, particularly in the two lowest loops of the snake's tail, where his vigorous scraping, to a degree rarely seen in the output of any 19th-century draftsman, reveals clearly the fibrous nature of the paper below. |
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| Date | between circa 1850 and circa 1860 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | watercolor with scraping and gum varnish on cream, thick wove paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 27 cm (10.6 in); width: 37 cm (14.5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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37.817 |
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| Place of creation | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Credit line | Acquired by William T. Walters, 1883 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | "BARYE" in lower right in red watercolor; "no. 82" and "4" on reverse in graphite | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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This file was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the Walters Art Museum as part of a cooperation project. All artworks in the photographs are in public domain due to age. The photographs of two-dimensional objects are also in the public domain. Photographs of three-dimensional objects and all descriptions have been released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License and the GNU Free Documentation License.
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