Antoine-Louis Barye and La Fontaine
Guerrier du caucase
1869
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Silver-plated bronze, silver (tarnished) patina, 7-5/8 H x 6-13/16 L x 2-15/16 D in.
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
1996.46.103
Warrior dressed in partial armour and a helmet astride a standing horse. The warrior holds the reigns in both hands; a shield rests on his proper left hip, and what appear to be two guns are tucked into his belt. The horse has his proper left foreleg and proper right hind leg slightly forward; ears pricked; bushy tail arched; head straight. Base: natural ground with octangonal stepped rim.
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
Pivar: F24 (p.71) 20 x 16 cm. Photo in book: Photograph courtesy of Walters Art Gallery.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 27 and 29 pp. 78-80.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 157.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 27 and 29 pp. 78-80.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 157.
Inscribed: Signed on base: BARYE. Bottom of base, three labels: L.66.7.90; 501; Cavalier/ou/ Caucase/
