ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)

Hercule et le sanglier d'Érymanthe (Hercules and the Erymanthean boar)

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ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)
Hercule et le sanglier d'Érymanthe (Hercules and the Erymanthean boar)
signed BARYE, on a griotte marble plinth, the underside with paper inventory label numbered in red ink 1988
bronze, red/dark-brown patina
5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) high, excluding plinth

Literature

Poletti & Richarme, 2000, no. CS129, p. 452

Lot Essay

An early work, dating from around 1825, Hercule et le sanglier d'Érymanthe exists in several different versions. In the 1840s, the modèle was acquired and edited by Émile Martin. Using the wax modèle, the work was also cast in silver by Henri Vever.

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