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Jaguar Discovering a Snake (Jaguar découvrant un serpent)

Artist: Antoine-Louis Barye, French, 1795-1875
Medium: Watercolor and gouache on cream-colored wove paper
Place Made: France
Dates: ca. 1840
Dimensions: 11 3/8 x 16 3/4 in. (28.9 x 42.5 cm)
Signature: Lower right: "BARYE"
Collections: European Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 10.93
Credit Line: Purchased by Special Subscription
Image: Overall, 10.93.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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