About This Artwork
Antoine Louis Barye
French, 1795-1875
Equestrian Group: Charles VII Victorious1835
Bronze
H. 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.)
Artist's handwritten name "BARYE" appears in original cast on proper left side of base. Foundry mark "F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR" is also handwritten in original cast and located at proper right side at rear of base.
Bequest of Arthur Rubloff, 1988.36.12
Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Publication History
American Art Galleries, The Collection of a Connoisseur: Art Treasures Collected by the Late Cyrus J. Lawrence, Esq. (New York: American Art Galleries, 1910), no. 358 (4).
Jane Horswell, Bronze Sculpture of Les Animaliers: Reference and Price Guide (Clopton, England:
Antique Collectors’ Club, 1971), cf. p. 56.
Stuart Pivar, The Barye Bronzes: A Catalogue Raisonne (Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1974), p. 58, cat. F8.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., Antoine-Louis Barye Bronzes from the Collection of the Late Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge (October 29, 1975), lot 129.
Glenn F. Benge, Antoine-Louis Barye: Sculptor of Romantic Realism (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1984), pp. 148-49, fig. 142.
Sladmore Gallery, Myth, Monument and Menagerie: The Sculpture of Antoine-Louis Barye (London: Sladmore Gallery, 1990), p. 27, no. 12.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, Barye: Catalogue raisonné des sculptures (Paris: Gallimard, 2000), pp. 73-74, cat. F8.
Ownership History
Sold, Christie’s, London, 17 July 1984, lot 162, to Arthur Rubloff (d. 1986), Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1988.