Teucer
Modeled 1880-81, cast 1891
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
H.: 203.2 cm (80 in.); Base: Diam.: 68.6 cm (27 in.)
Classification
large scale
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
567
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This imposing bronze captures the breathless moment just after Teucer, a celebrated Greek archer, has shot an arrow at a Trojan adversary. His muscles still tensed from drawing his bow, he tracks the arrow’s path, hoping his aim was true. Teucer was praised for its realism when it was first exhibited in London in 1881. Chicago collector and philanthropist George A. Armour, who owned a small replica of the composition, commissioned this full-scale bronze cast from the artist in 1891 and immediat...