Theseus Fighting the Centaur Bienor

model 1849, cast 1873

Antoine-Louis Barye

Artist, French, 1795 - 1875

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West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G8

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

  • Dimensions

    overall: 113.03 × 126.05 × 40.64 cm (44 1/2 × 49 5/8 × 16 in.)
    gross weight: 167.831 kg (370 lb.)

  • Accession

    2014.136.279

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ordered 1874 by William T. Walters, chairman of the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s acquisition committee, through (George A. Lucas, Paris); purchased 1874 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1978

  • Antoine Louis Barye: A Selection of Bronzes from the Permanent Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 5 July - 10 September 1978.

1988

  • Antoine-Louis Barye: The Corcoran Collection, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, Houston; The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 1988-1990, unnumbered catalogue. figs. 5 and 47.

Bibliography

1984

  • Benge, Glenn F. Antoine-Louis Barye: Sculptor of Romantic Realism. Pennsylvania, 1984, fig. 30.

Wikidata ID

Q63863603

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