Lapith (Theseus) Fighting a Centaur (sketch)

model c. 1846/1848, cast by 1873

Antoine-Louis Barye

Artist, French, 1795 - 1875

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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.

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Exhibition History

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. 48.

Bibliography

1994

  • Sladmore Gallery. European Sculpture: Romantic to Modern. London, 1994: 8-9.

2000

  • Poletti, Michel, and Alain Richarme. Barye: catalogue raisonné des sculptures. Paris, 2000: 111, under F34.

Wikidata ID

Q63863700

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