Antoine-Louis Barye and Brame
Angélique et Roger montés sur l’hippogriffe (bouche fermé, seconde version)
1834-1908
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- Artist: Antoine-Louis Barye
- Foundry: Brame
Angélique et Roger montés sur l’hippogriffe (bouche fermé, seconde version)
1834-1908
Physical Qualities
Bronze, 20 x 27 x 11 3/8 in. (50.8 x 68.6 x 28.9 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.46.46
Roger and Angelica are whisked away to safety on the Hippogriff in this episode from Ludovico Ariosto’s epic poem "Orlando Furioso" from 1516. This bronze, intended as part of an elaborate table decoration, was one of a group of works commissioned in 1840 by the Duc de Montpensier, a son of the reigning king, Louis-Philippe of France. In its delicacy of execution and attention to detail, the piece reflects Barye’s early training as a goldsmith.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; from Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, by gift 1910; from Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George Aloysius Lucas, Paris
A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art
Jacobs Wing Rotations 2021
Baltimore Museum of Art. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
Pivar: F16 (p. 65) 53 x 67 cm. Photo in book: Photograph courtesy of Walters Art Gallery.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 93 and 29 pp. 94-95.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 163.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 93 and 29 pp. 94-95.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 163.
Inscribed: Signed on base: 'BARYE'; 'H'
