Lot Essay
Dating from around 1825, at least a decade before the second version was modelled (see lots 117-119), a small number of épreuves of Kevel, première version are known to exist, either in bronze or silver.
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Kevel, première version (Kevel, first version)
Details
ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)
Kevel, première version (Kevel, first version)
signed BARYE, on a griotte marble plinth
bronze, red/dark-brown patina
3 5/16 in. (8.5 cm.) high, excluding plinth
Kevel, première version (Kevel, first version)
signed BARYE, on a griotte marble plinth
bronze, red/dark-brown patina
3 5/16 in. (8.5 cm.) high, excluding plinth
Literature
Poletti & Richarme, 2000, no. CS217, p. 468