Name: ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)
Brand: Thésée combattant le centaure Biénor
Price: 13000.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)
Thésée combattant le centaure Biénor
signed 'BARYE' (on front of base) and inscribed 'F. BARBEDIENNE. Fondeur.' (on reverse of base)
bronze, dark brown patina
29¹⁄₂ in. (75 cm.) high
Model executed in 1849.
Cast circa 1890.

M. Poletti and A. Richarme, Barye: Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Paris, 2000, p. 109, (F. 33).

Conditions of Sale
FAQs
This lot is offered by Christie's Inc

Brought to you by

Lot Essay

Barye's iconic group of Thésée combattant le centaure Biénor was edited posthumously by Barbedienne in four reductions, the present lot being an example of the second largest. The Collection Barbedienne gilt seal, seen here on the rock-form base, was reserved for few Barye models cast by the prolific bronzier, including Jaguar dévorant un lièvre, Panthère saisissant un cerf and Thésée combatant le minotaure (J. G. Reinis, The Founders and Editors of the Barye Bronzes, New York, 2007, p. 45).