General Bonaparte on Horseback
model c. 1838, cast after 1847
Artist, French, 1795 - 1875
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: 37.5 x 33 x 13.4 cm (14 3/4 x 13 x 5 1/4 in.)
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Accession
1980.44.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Bernard Black and Hugues-W. Nadeau, New York and Europe; (their sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 3 December 1971, no. 51); purchased by (Lock Galleries, New York) for Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia;[1] gift 1980 to NGA.
[1] Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Bronzes by Antoine-Louis Barye. The Bernard Black - Hugues Nadeau Collection, 3 December 1971, no. 51, repro. and cover in color (in NGA curatorial files).
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1974
Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1974, unnumbered checklist.
Bibliography
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 25, repro.
2000
Butler, Ruth, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 27-30, color repro.
Poletti, Michel, and Alain Richarme. Barye: catalogue raisonné des sculptures. Paris, 2000: 62, under no. F1.
Inscriptions
incised into model on top of base behind left rear leg of horse: BARYE
Wikidata ID
Q63854534