CAST FROM THE MODEL BY ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

The present lot is a cast of the sketch model (dating from 1846-8) for the final half-life-size version of Thésée combattant le centaure Biénor, conceived in 1849 and exhibited at the Salon the following year (see following lot). The esquisse was first offered in Barye's 1857-8 catalogue and was edited by Barbedienne after Barye's death, although in far fewer numbers than the Salon version.

A fine épreuve ancienne of this model, formerly in the collection of Eduardo Guinle (d. 1941), was sold in these rooms, 25 April 2003, lot 144 ($57,360).