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Elephant Asleep, c1850s-1860s. Creator: Antoine-Louis Barye.

Elephant Asleep, c1850s-1860s. Creator: Antoine-Louis Barye.

3-000-161 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Elephant Asleep, c1850s-1860s. An Asian elephant, perhaps the one that arrived at the Jardin des Plantes in 1843, lies asleep in a small clearing in the Forest of Fontainebleau. Hints of red and yellow in the right background suggest that it is evening.

Image Details

People Information

Creator
  1. Antoine-Louis Barye, attributed to: French: Sculptor, artist
Medium
  1. Watercolour with gum heightening on rough, thick, cream wove paper
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe France Île-de-France Fontainebleau

  1. 48 24 19 N , 002 42 01 E
Category Hierarchy

Science & Nature Animal Life

Artistic Representations Portraits

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4960x3446
File Size : 50,075kb

Aliases

  1. 37.812
  1. 1100000130
  1. 3-000-161
  1. 3000161
  1. 37.812
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