Antoine-Louis Barye and Barbedienne
Piqueur, costume Louis XV
1864-1908
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Silver-plated bronze, silver (tarnished) patina, 7-9/16 H x 7-1/8 L x 2-7/8 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
1996.46.101
Male figure astride a horse. The figure, a hunter, is holding the reins in both hands, and wearing a tricorn hat, elaborate coat, and boots. He has a round hunting horn draped over his proper right shoulder. The horse is standing with all four legs on the ground, and with his proper right hind leg forward; head lowered, and tail arched. Base: natural ground with octangonal 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
Antoine-Louis Barye, Romantic Sculptor
Pivar: F23 (p.70) 19 x 16 cm. Photo in book: Photograph courtesy of The Corcoran Gallery of Art.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 30, pp. 80-81.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 156.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 30, pp. 80-81.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 156.
Inscribed: Bottom of base: four labels: PIQUEUR/ Costume Louis XV/ Bronze Argenté/ MODERNE ; 503; L.66.7.88; paper label/no writing. Bottom of base, black ink: MODERN. Signed on base: BARYE.
Markings: Foundry mark on Proper Left side of base: "F. Barbedienne, Fondeur"
