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Theseus Combating the Minotaur (Thésée combattant le Minotaure), second version

Theseus Combating the Minotaur (Thésée combattant le Minotaure), second version

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Antoine-Louis Barye

Artist/Maker
Antoine-Louis Barye
(French, 1796 - 1875)
Title
Theseus Combating the Minotaur (Thésée combattant le Minotaure), second version
Date
around 1846, date of cast unknown
Material & Process
Bronze
Dimensions
17 5/8 x 11 3/4 x 6 3/8 in. Overall
Credit
Friends of the Elvehjem Museum of Art, Elvehjem Associates, and Elvehjem Museum of Art General Endowment Funds purchase
Inventory No.
1982.3
Classification
Sculpture
Location
France

Related

<span>unknown date, acquired from private collector (Paris, France) [who had held it a considerable number of years] by Fabius Frères (Paris, France); unknown date, acquired from Fabius Frères (Paris, France) by Paul Rosenberg &amp; Co. (New York, NY); 1982, purchased from Paul Rosenberg &amp; Co. (New York, NY) by the Elvehjem Museum of Art (Madison, WI) [now known as the Chazen Museum of Art]</span>

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Handbook of the Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, 1990. no. 82
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin 1981-1983." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1983. p. 76

  • Director's Legacy, A: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 10/7/1983–11/20/1983

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