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| Keywords: Ferdinand Barbedienne - The River God - Walters 27182 - Profile.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Antoine-Louis Barye This bronze along with Walters 27 181 are reductions of the stone sculptures that the architect Hector-Martin Lefuel 1810-1880 commissioned in 1866 for the Carrousel entrance a narrow double passageway leading into the courtyard of the Louvre Barye adhered to the ancient Roman tradition of showing nude male figures leaning against upturned water urns as symbols of rivers These particular bronzes were cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne who acquired the models at the artist's estate sale in 1876 Originally the River Gods flanked Barye's large relief of Napoleon III dressed as a Roman emperor and mounted on a horse After the fall of Napoleon III in 1870 the relief was removed and replaced by Antonin Mercié's 1845-1916 allegorical sculpture The Genius of the Arts modeled 1866-1867; first cast ca 1876 bronze with black highlights over green patina cm 59 1 87 6 38 1 accession number 27 182 5782 Ferdinand Barbedienne William T Walters Baltimore September 1884 by purchase George A Lucas as agent Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1884 Signature Inscribed BARYE; Foundry Mark; Transcription Inscribed in circular gold plate COLLECTION F BARBEDIENNE PARIS 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 Ferdinand Barbedienne Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Sculptures in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
