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Learn MoreSenegalese Elephant by Antoine-Louis Barye
- This incredible bronze sculpture of an African elephant was created by Antoine-Louis Barye
- Entitled "Senegalese Elephant" the sculpture captures the animal in all its majesty
- Barye earned the reputation of an animalier for his thoughtful renderings of animals
- This sculpture can be found in numerous prestigious museum collections
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Antoine-Louis Barye
1795-1875 | French
Senegalese Elephant
Bronze
Signed “BARYE”
Modeled by famed French Romantic sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye, this rare and regal bronze sculpture, entitled Senegalese Elephant, displays the remarkable realism for which Barye is best remembered. Barye's interpretation of the running Senegalese elephant captures its innate power and beauty, with every fold of skin and muscle rendered with unmistakable authenticity.
Along with his friend and schoolmate, painter Eugène Delacroix, Barye became a primary figure in the Romantic Movement of the. . .
1795-1875 | French
Senegalese Elephant
Bronze
Signed “BARYE”
Modeled by famed French Romantic sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye, this rare and regal bronze sculpture, entitled Senegalese Elephant, displays the remarkable realism for which Barye is best remembered. Barye's interpretation of the running Senegalese elephant captures its innate power and beauty, with every fold of skin and muscle rendered with unmistakable authenticity.
Along with his friend and schoolmate, painter Eugène Delacroix, Barye became a primary figure in the Romantic Movement of the. . .
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Antoine-Louis Barye
1795-1875 | French
Senegalese Elephant
Bronze
Signed “BARYE”
Modeled by famed French Romantic sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye, this rare and regal bronze sculpture, entitled Senegalese Elephant, displays the remarkable realism for which Barye is best remembered. Barye's interpretation of the running Senegalese elephant captures its innate power and beauty, with every fold of skin and muscle rendered with unmistakable authenticity.
Along with his friend and schoolmate, painter Eugène Delacroix, Barye became a primary figure in the Romantic Movement of the early 19th century. He began his career as a goldsmith, apprenticing under famous artists like Martin-Guillaume Biennais, a goldsmith to Napoleon. Often sketching lions and tigers at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, it is said that the sculptor's motto was "Observe nature. What other professor do you need?" In 1831, Barye exhibited his first animal sculpture at the Salon, earning him the reputation of an animalier: an artist who renders animals. Though his ferocious artistic manner often shocked the classicists of the French Academy, Barye is also noted for the innovative techniques he developed as a bronze craftsman and is viewed as an important art historical link between French Romanticism and Realism.
Other examples of Senegalese Elephant can be found in prestigious museum collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, and the Walter Art Museum in Baltimore. The artist created several variations of the sculpture in several sizes, and the present reduction is a true likeness of the original.
Modeled circa 1874
8 1/2“ high x 3 5/8” wide x 13 3/4“ deep
1795-1875 | French
Senegalese Elephant
Bronze
Signed “BARYE”
Modeled by famed French Romantic sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye, this rare and regal bronze sculpture, entitled Senegalese Elephant, displays the remarkable realism for which Barye is best remembered. Barye's interpretation of the running Senegalese elephant captures its innate power and beauty, with every fold of skin and muscle rendered with unmistakable authenticity.
Along with his friend and schoolmate, painter Eugène Delacroix, Barye became a primary figure in the Romantic Movement of the early 19th century. He began his career as a goldsmith, apprenticing under famous artists like Martin-Guillaume Biennais, a goldsmith to Napoleon. Often sketching lions and tigers at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, it is said that the sculptor's motto was "Observe nature. What other professor do you need?" In 1831, Barye exhibited his first animal sculpture at the Salon, earning him the reputation of an animalier: an artist who renders animals. Though his ferocious artistic manner often shocked the classicists of the French Academy, Barye is also noted for the innovative techniques he developed as a bronze craftsman and is viewed as an important art historical link between French Romanticism and Realism.
Other examples of Senegalese Elephant can be found in prestigious museum collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, and the Walter Art Museum in Baltimore. The artist created several variations of the sculpture in several sizes, and the present reduction is a true likeness of the original.
Modeled circa 1874
8 1/2“ high x 3 5/8” wide x 13 3/4“ deep
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| Maker: | Barye, Antoine-Louise |
| Period: | 1816-1918 |
| Origin: | France |
| Type: | Sculpture |
| Depth: | 13.75 Inches |
| Width: | 3.63 Inches |
| Height: | 8.5 Inches |
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