Theseus Fighting the Centaur Bienor
Antoine-Louis Barye
model 1849, cast 1873
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall: 113.03 × 126.05 × 40.64 cm (44 1/2 × 49 5/8 × 16 in.) gross weight: 167.831 kg (370 lb.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)
Accession Number
2014.136.279
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...