Tiger Rolling on Its Back

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: 1810–75
Medium: Watercolor on heavy wove paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 3/16 x 11 5/8 in. (23.3 x 29.5cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession no.: 29.100.586

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