Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - Turtle - Walters 2756 - Top.jpg The turtle which was probably intended to serve as a paperweight has been rendered with extraordinary attention to realistic detail This may have been an instance in which Barye had a plaster cast made from a living animal before 1845 bronze with brown patina on turtle shell and green-orange patina on underside cm 3 2 10 5 7 accession number 27 56 18041 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters Signature Cold stamped in block letters BARYE The Allure of Bronze The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 Untamed The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye Untamed The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Turtles in art paperweights |