Tiger Attacking an Antelope

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Antoine-Louis Barye (French, Paris 1795–1875 Paris)
Date: ca.1857
Medium: Serpentine stone
Dimensions: 26 1/2 × 46 1/2 × 20 in., 998.7 lb. (67.3 × 118.1 × 50.8 cm, 453 kg)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: Sculpture
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Theodore Kane Gibbs, in memory of her husband, 1909
Accession no.: 09.93

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