BARYE, Antoine-Louis

Paris 1795 - Paris 1875

Cheval pur-sang d'Arabie (modèle)

Pureblood Arab Stallion (master model)

c. 1874

bronze

statuette

Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 ⁵⁄₁₆ × 11 ¹⁄₂ × 3 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ in.

signed center of base: BARYE

Acc. No.: 2012.442

Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Nelson L. St. Clair, Jr.

Photo credit: Image courtesy of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

www.vmfa.state.va.us

Provenance

• 2012, Gift of Mrs. Nelson L. St. Clair, Jr.

Bibliography

• Museum's website, accessed July 27, 2018
• 2000 Poletti et Richarme
  Michel Poletti, Alain Richarme, Barye, Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Paris, Gallimard, 2000, p. 273 A 134 (édition très restreinte)

Comment

• Museum's website, August 1, 2018:
  Unlike the Turkish Horse, this sculpture of the noble, well-groomed animal is very subdued. Here, the sculpture is more a study in anatomy than in animal psychology and shows Barye’s great knowledge of his equine subjects, whether seen in a stable or imagined in the wild.

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