A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE ENTITLED 'DUC D'ORLEANS'

CAST FROM A MODEL BY ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE ENTITLED 'DUC D'ORLEANS'
CAST FROM A MODEL BY ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Signed BARYE, the underside with black ink inscriptions 1500 N^o206 and traces of red wax, on a rouge marble plinth
14 3/8 in. (36.4 cm.) high, excluding plinth

Provenance

Christie's, New York, Barye Bronzes: An Important Private Collection, 25 April 2003, lot 98.

Literature

Poletti & Richarme, 2000, no. F3, pp. 65-6.

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Lot Essay

Barye modeled his equestrian portrait of the duc d'Orléans shortly after the latter's tragically premature death in 1842. A posthumous hommage to the most important patron of his early career, Barye may also have hoped the work would secure him a commission for a monumental version. Poletti and Richarme estimate the total number of lifetime épreuves to be less than fifty, with a smaller number than this produced by Barbedienne after 1876.

Another cast of this model was sold Christie's, New York, 25 May 1995, lot 165 ($17,250).

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