BARYE, Antoine-Louis

Paris 1795 - Paris 1875

Maker: Susse

Cerf debout

Standing Stag

modeled in 1829, probably cast between about 1850–70

bronze

statuette

Dimensions (HxWxD): 19 ⁷⁄₈ x 19 ⁷⁄₈ x 10 ¹⁄₄ in.

signed on the base near the raised leg, inscribed: BARYE
marked, cursive: SUSSE fres, editeurs à Paris
marked on the base, near the extended rear leg, incuse: SUSSE FRES, AVS [within an oval and below a flower-shaped stamp]

Acc. No.: 2007.488

Credit Line: Gift of Joseph G. Reinis, 2007

Photo credit: www.metmuseum.org, May 13, 2011

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

www.metmuseum.org

Provenance

• 2007, Gift of Joseph G. Reinis

Bibliography

• 1974 Pivar
  Stuart Pivar, The Barye Bronzes: A Catalogue Raisonné, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1974, p. 45, 190
• 2000 Poletti et Richarme
  Michel Poletti et Alain Richarme, Barye : Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, [Paris], 2000, p. 290, no. A 149
• 2007 Founders
  Author?, The founders and editors of the Barye bronzes, 2007, p. 129-130
• 2006 Johnston and Kelly
  William R. Johnston and Simon Kelly, Untamed: the art of Antoine-Louis Barye, Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, 2007, p. 88

Related works

• Other example:
  - Baltimore, Walters Art Museum

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