Candlestick with Volubilis, Roots, and Fawn's Feet with a Serpent about the Stem
Antoine-Louis Barye
model n.d., cast c. 1845/1874
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall: 24.13 × 9.21 × 8.26 cm (9 1/2 × 3 5/8 × 3 1/4 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)
Accession Number
2015.19.3881
About the Artist
Antoine-Louis Barye · 1795–1875
Antoine-Louis Barye (1795–1875) was born in Paris on September 24, the son of goldsmith Pierre Barye and Marguerite Barye. Following family tradition, he apprenticed as a goldsmith under his father and, around 1810, with Martin-Guillaume Biennais, goldsmith to Napoleon. After brief military service, Barye pursued sculpture, studying under François-Joseph Bosio in 1816 and painter Baron Antoine-Jea...