Lot Essay
Benge suggests a date for this sketch of 1836-1840 based on the linear design of the group. The artist reworked the model for a plaster which was exhibited in the Salon of 1850.
'Theseé combattant le Centaure Bienor', A Bronze Group of Theseus and the Centaur
Details
Antoine Louis Barye (French, 1796-1875)
'Theseé combattant le Centaure Bienor', A Bronze Group of Theseus and the Centaur
inscribed 'A.L. BARYE'
13in. (33cm.) high, 15in. (38.1cm.) long, dark brown patina with black laquer
'Theseé combattant le Centaure Bienor', A Bronze Group of Theseus and the Centaur
inscribed 'A.L. BARYE'
13in. (33cm.) high, 15in. (38.1cm.) long, dark brown patina with black laquer
Provenance
Anon.: sale, Christie's, New York, February 15, 1995, lot 179
Literature
S. Lami, Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs de l'école francaise au dixneuvíeme siecle, 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