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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Barye, Antoine-Louis Creator Nationality: European; French Creator Role: Sculptor Creator Dates/Places: 1796 - 1875 Gender: M Creator Name-CRT: Antoine-Louis Barye Title: Theseus Slaying a Centaur View: front Creation Start Date: 1848 Creation End Date: 1852 Creation Date: about 1850 Object Type: Sculpture Classification Term: Bronze Materials and Techniques: bronze, wooden base Dimensions: H.50 x W.20 x L.44 in. Inscriptions: SIGNATURE; MARK AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA ID Number: 55.11a,b Credit Line: Gift of the Heirs of Louis W. Hill; Mr. Louis W. Hill, Jr., Mr. J. Jerome Hill, Mr. Cortland Hill, and Mrs. Maude H. Scroll Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html Context: This monumental bronze of the mythical hero Theseus slaying the centaur Bianor during the battle of the Lapiths and and Centaurs was purchased by the railroad baron James J. Hill for his house on Summit Avenue in St. Paul. The plaster model for this figural group was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1850, although this version was probably cast in 1891, the year that Hill purchased the sculpture from the Paris bronze founder Barbedienne. Antoine-Louis Barye is noted for his vivid depictions of animals in action. In his compositions, wild animals attack their prey, combining naturalistic rendering of their anatomy with movement. These scenes were extremely popular in France and America with the middle classes . Hill was one of Barye's most ardent American supporters, as he purchased eleven of his works from the Barbedienne in 1891. Hill placed Theseus slaying the centaur Bianor in front of the organ in his picture gallery so that it held a prominent position for visitors entering from the entrance hall. The sculpture was donated to the Institute by the heirs of James J. Hill's son, Louis W. Hill in 1955. AMICA ID: MIA_.55.11a,b Component Measured: overall Measurement Unit: in AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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