# Tortoise

- By: Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795 - 1875)
- Date: model c. 1820s
- Medium: bronze
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: overall: 3.2 × 7 × 9.5 cm (1 1/4 × 2 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.110271.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/16b7c45f-f254-4352-9506-5e892d4bf919/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)