Alfred Barye (Paris, 1839 – 1882)
Arab hunter on horseback
Signed on the base: "Barye fils"
Bronze, cm 78 x 62 x 30, weight 40 kg
Bibliography:
Pierre Kjelleber, Les Bronzes du XIX siècle. Dictionnaire des sculpteurs, Paris, 1994, p. 53-54.
This bronze, depicting the return of an Arab rider from a hunting trip, is the work of the French sculptor Alfred Barye, born in Paris in January 1839. This is attested by the signature on the base which reads "Barye fils". A student of his father, the sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye, he signed his works with the appellation "fils" (son) precisely to distinguish them from those of the master. His work consists of animals and oriental subjects in bronze that he exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1864 to 1882.
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Alfred Barye (Paris, 1839 – 1882)
Arab rider
Signed on the base: "Barye fils"
Bronze, cm 78 x 62 x 30, weight 40 kg
Literature:
Pierre Kjelleber, Les Bronzes du XIX siècle. Dictionnaire des sculpteurs, Paris, 1994, p. 53-54.
