Camel
Sculptor: Barye, Antoine Louis (After)
Bronze, cast
History note: Purchased in 1949 by Lt. Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC (1892-1958); his sister, the Hon. Mrs Pamela Sherek
Bequeathed by Mrs Pamela Sherek, from the collection of the late Lt. Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC, in his memory.
Height: 14.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1995) by Sherek, Pamela
19th Century, second half#
Circa
1850
CE
-
1900
CE
Dubbed the ‘Michelangelo of the Menagerie’ by art critic Théophile Gautier (1811–72), Barye was a Romantic realist artist based in Paris who popularised the genre of animal sculpture from the 1830s onwards. Animals were very low down in the traditional Academic hierarchy of accepted subject-matter for artists, and the term animalier (an artist specialising in animals) was coined by critics specifically for Barye as a pejorative appellation. Barye was a successful monumental sculptor, but also created hundreds of small-scale models of animals for reproduction in bronze editions for middle-class homes. His last sales catalogue of 1865 listed over 230 compositions available to order as edition bronze statuettes. Keen for accuracy, Barye studied ancient animal sculptures as well as live beasts in the Musée d’Histoire Naturelle’s menagerie, copied zoological specimens in the Musée d’Anatomie Comparée and made anatomical drawings of dead lions. Bayre’s animal portraits include single animal figures (e.g. M.19-2015) and groups of predators with prey, or in combat with each other (e.g. M.1-2015), and some with human figures (e.g. M.5-2015).
Sculpture Depth 6 cm Height 15 cm Width 16.8 cm
Casting (process)
: Bronze, cast, patinated
Patination
Accession number: M.6-1997
Primary reference Number: 13763
Old object number: B.5.
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_6_1997
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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