Lot Essay
Benge suggests a date for this sketch of 1836-40 based on the linear design of the group. The artist reworked the model for a plaster which was exhibited in the Salon of 1850 (see lot 176).
Details
ANTOINE LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1796-1875)
'Thésée combattant le centaure Bienor', A Bronze Group of Theseus and the Cantaur
inscribed 'A.L. BARYE'
13in. (33cm.) high, 15in. (38.1cm.) long, dark brown patina with black laquer
'Thésée combattant le centaure Bienor', A Bronze Group of Theseus and the Cantaur
inscribed 'A.L. BARYE'
13in. (33cm.) high, 15in. (38.1cm.) long, dark brown patina with black laquer
Literature
S. Lami, Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs de l'école française au dix-neuvième siècle, Paris, 1914, vol. I, p. 77
G. Benge, Antoine-Louis Barye, Sculptor of Romantic Realism, University Park, 1984, pp. 115-116
G. Benge, Antoine-Louis Barye, Sculptor of Romantic Realism, University Park, 1984, pp. 115-116