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| Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - Theseus and the Minotaur (Second Version) - Walters 2764 - Profile.jpg In ancient Crete King Minos had demanded that seven Athenian youths and seven maidens be sacrificed each year to the Minotaur a monster with a bull's head Posing as one of the youths the Athenian hero Theseus managed to reach the Minotaur in his labyrinth and with a sword provided by Minos's daughter Ariadne he prepares to kill the creature This sculpture was one of five works that Barye submitted to the 1843 Salon only to have them all rejected Subsequently it was listed in the catalogue issued by the firm of Besse et Cie in 1844 as one of the most beautiful works one of the most energetic figures that modern sculpture has produced No other work reflects Barye's neoclassical training as vividly as Theseus and the Minotaur Even the arrangement of the hero's hair is borrowed directly from a recently discovered Greek statue in the Louvre the Apollo di Piombino modeled 1843; first cast of second version 1857 bronze with black over green patina on a red marble base cm 50 5 34 20 3 accession number 27 64 25163 William T Walters Baltimore prior to 1889 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters before 1889 Signature Cast through from model BARYE Exhibited at the Salon 1851 Musée du Louvre An Exhibition of the Treasures of The Walters Art Gallery The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Pace Wildenstein Gallery New York; Smith College Museum of Art Northampton 1967 The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 From David to Courbet The Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit 1950 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 A Magnificent Age Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Baltimore The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2002-2004 Untamed The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Palm Beach 2007-2008 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye Theseus Sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Salon of 1851 | ||||
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