Antoine-Louis Barye

French · 1795–1875 · Painter, Printmaker

Antoine-Louis Barye was a Romantic French sculptor known for his work as an animalier, a sculptor of animals. His son and student was the sculptor Alfred Barye. (Wikipedia)

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Tigre Qui Marche
Sculpture
8.4 in. x 16.2 in
Sloans & Kenyon · Jun 14, 2013 · Lot 1526
Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $2,000–3,000View at Sloans & Kenyon ↗
Tiger Devouring a Gavial-Tigre devorant un gavial
Sculpture
4.2 inches x 10.75 inches (10.7 x 27.5 cm) Pivar, page 142, plate A61
Jackson's International Auctioneers · Nov 14, 2012 · Lot 725
Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $5,000–7,000View at Jackson's International Auctioneers ↗
Sleeping Jaguar
Sculpture
3.4 inches x 12.3 inches (8.6 x 31.4 cm) Pivar, page 142, plate A84
Jackson's International Auctioneers · Nov 14, 2012 · Lot 726
Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $10,000–15,000View at Jackson's International Auctioneers ↗
Tiger Devouring a Gazelle
Sculpture
5.5 inches x 13.7 inches (14 x 34.8 cm) Pivar, page 142, plate A62
Jackson's International Auctioneers · Nov 14, 2012 · Lot 727
Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $5,000–8,000View at Jackson's International Auctioneers ↗
Jaguar Devouring a HareAfter the artist
Sculpture
Width 21 inches (53.5 cm)
Jackson's International Auctioneers · Sep 19, 2012 · Lot 790
Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $600–900View at Jackson's International Auctioneers ↗
BullAfter the artist
Sculpture
13 1/8 in. x 16 1/4 in.
Sloans & Kenyon · Feb 5, 2010 · Lot 1400
Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $5,000–6,000View at Sloans & Kenyon ↗

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About Antoine-Louis Barye

Antoine-Louis Barye was a Romantic French sculptor known for his work as an animalier, a sculptor of animals. His son and student was the sculptor Alfred Barye.

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In museum collections

Tiger in Repose, ca. 1850–65
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0
Theseus Fighting the Centaur Bianor, modeled 1849, cast ca. 1867
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0
Pair of Nine Light Candelabra with Six Figures, Masks, and Chimeras, modeled ca. 1840, possibly cast between 1857 and 1875
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0
Tiger Devouring a Gavial (first reduction), modeled in 1831, probably cast after 1847
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0