Artist Antoine-Louis Barye (1795–1875)  
Title Running Jaguar
Description
English: A jaguar, the only member of the panther family native to the Americas, was added to the collection of the Jardin des Plantes in January 1831. It survived only until October 1835. Barye portrays the wild cat in a mountainous landscape.
Date circa 1830s-1840s
Medium watercolor on slightly textured, medium thickness, cream wove paper
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antoine-Louis_Barye_-_Running_Jaguar_-_Walters_37820.jpg
The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a big cat which is the only extant Panthera species native to the Americas. The jaguar's present range extends from Southwestern United States and Mexico across much of Central America and south to Paraguay and northern Argentina. |
