Theseus combating the Minotaur, by Antoine Louis Barye

An image of Theseus combating the Minotaur. Barye, Antoine Louis (French, 1796-1875). Bronze with brown patina, height 45 cm, length 29.6 cm, width 16.2 cm, between 1825-1875. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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Theseus combating the Minotaur. Barye, Antoine Louis (French, 1796-1875). Bronze with brown patina, height 45 cm, length 29.6 cm, width 16.2 cm, between 1825-1875. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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Accession Number: M.5-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 768 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 7.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 109.02kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 32/1

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19th Century _WF_Batchelor animal animals Antoine Louis Barye Barye bronze combat combating creature creatures defeat defeating figure figure group Fitz_AA French male Minotaur mythical creature mythological mythology patina patinated patination sculpture Theseus

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