Detail View: The AMICA Library: Theseus Combating the Centaur Bienor
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1985.769
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Creator Name:
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Barye, Antoine-Louis
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Creator Nationality:
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European; French
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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French; 1795-1875
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Antoine Louis Barye
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Title:
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Theseus Combating the Centaur Bienor
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Title Type:
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preferred
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View:
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full view
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Creation Date:
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c.1850
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Creation Start Date:
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1845
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Creation End Date:
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1855
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Materials and Techniques:
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Bronze
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Subject Description:
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Statue of Theseus riding on while combating the Centaur Bienor.Centaur Bienor.
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Creation Place:
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Europe,France
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Dimensions:
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50 x 39 1/2 x 15 in. (127 x 100.3 x 38.1 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1985.769
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Arthur Rubloff
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Inscriptions:
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Signed: BARYEMarked: F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR
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Rights:
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Context:
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Theseus was a great destroyer of monsters This legend is taken from the myths of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.E10459.TIF
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