Roger and Angelica on the Hippogriff
model c. 1840, cast by 1873
Artist, French, 1795 - 1875
Antoine-Louis Barye
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G8
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 51.75 × 69.85 × 29.21 cm (20 3/8 × 27 1/2 × 11 1/2 in.)
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Accession Number
2014.136.269
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Commissioned 1873 directly from the artist by William T. Walters, chairman of the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s acquisition committee; purchased 1873 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 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.
1980
The Romantics to Rodin: French Nineteenth-Century Sculpture from American Collections: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Detroit Institute of Arts, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1980-1981.
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, fig. 50.
Bibliography
2000
Poletti, Michel, and Alain Richarme. Barye: catalogue raisonné des sculptures. Paris, 2000: 94, under F23.
2002
Hubbard, Guy. "Images That Twish and Turn." Arts & Activities (March 2002): 47.
Inscriptions
"BARYE" in water area under horse's hoof
Wikidata ID
Q63863707