ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)
(Famille de) Bouquetins (Family of ibex)
signed BARYE, the underside inscribed in black ink E.A., 652 and with a further indistinct number
bronze, dark-brown patina
2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm.) high
Literature
Poletti & Richarme, 2000, no. CS152, p. 456
Lot Essay
Several variants of this unedited work exist, including a model without the male and another with two mothers and fawns beneath a tree. Another épreuve of the present version is in the Louvre, Paris.
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