Panther and Cubs

3D Model

Edward Kemeys American ca. 1878; cast 1907

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 700

Kemeys was America’s first animalier (animal sculptor) of significance. His works were inspired by the untamed beasts he observed during frequent trips to the mountains and plains of the American West from the 1870s to the 1890s. He favored the American panther, depicting the animal in varied emotional states, from fierce combativeness to the maternal tenderness exemplified in this group. The surface treatment of the bronze reflects Kemeys’s concern, first, for psychological expression and, second, for anatomical correctness. The cats’ coats are loosely modeled, while the longer fur of the mother’s chest and hindquarters is rendered in broad strokes. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11299

254 sony a6000 images

Needs some cleaning up and sizing