Half-Blooded Horse, with Head Down

Antoine-Louis Barye

model n.d., cast c. 1845/1873

Half-Blooded Horse, with Head Down by Antoine-Louis Barye

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 19.37 × 29.85 × 9.53 cm (7 5/8 × 11 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Department

CSD

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

Accession Number

2015.19.3843

About the Artist

Antoine-Louis Barye · 17951875

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...

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