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Thésée combattant le Minotaure, seconde version (Theseus slaying the Minotaur, second version)
Details
ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)
Thésée combattant le Minotaure, seconde version (Theseus slaying the Minotaur, second version)
signed BARYE, the underside with white paint number 2371 and in black paint W.M.C./82, on a rouge marble plinth
bronze, dark-brown/red patina with touches of verdigris
17 7/8 in. (45.4 cm.) high, excluding plinth
Thésée combattant le Minotaure, seconde version (Theseus slaying the Minotaur, second version)
signed BARYE, the underside with white paint number 2371 and in black paint W.M.C./82, on a rouge marble plinth
bronze, dark-brown/red patina with touches of verdigris
17 7/8 in. (45.4 cm.) high, excluding plinth
Literature
Poletti & Richarme, 2000, no. F31 (première version), pp. 106-7, F32 (seconde version), p. 108
Benge, 1984, pp. 116-118
Saunier, 1925, pl. 8, for the plaster model retouched with wax
Ballu, 1890, pp. 91-94
Benge, 1984, pp. 116-118
Saunier, 1925, pl. 8, for the plaster model retouched with wax
Ballu, 1890, pp. 91-94