Teucer

Modeled 1880-81, cast 1891

Hamo Thornycroft (English, 1850–1925)

This imposing bronze captures the breathless moment just after Teucer, a celebrated Greek archer, has shot an arrow at a Trojan adversary. His muscles still tensed from drawing his bow, he tracks the arrow’s path, hoping his aim was true.

Teucer was praised for its realism when it was first exhibited in London in 1881. Chicago collector and philanthropist George A. Armour, who owned a small replica of the composition, commissioned this full-scale bronze cast from the artist in 1891 and immediately gave it to the Art Institute of Chicago. It was among the earliest modern European sculptures to enter the museum’s collection.

Status: On View, Gallery 249
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist: Hamo Thornycroft
Title: Teucer
Place: England (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1880–1881
Medium: Bronze
Inscriptions: Signed: Hamo Thornycroft, 1881
Dimensions: H.: 203.2 cm (80 in.); Base: Diam.: 68.6 cm (27 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of George A. Armour
Reference Number: 1891.80
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Elfrida Manning, Marble and Bronze: The Art and Life of Hamo Thornycroft, (London: 1982) p. 210, no. 197.

Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress Exposition, 1933, no. 1216

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