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Cheval surpris par un lion, première version
Translated as: Horse surprised by a Lion, first version
(Horse surprised by a lion, first version)
Sculptor: Barye, Antoine Louis
A horse is attacked by a lion: the group is a forceful, spiralling composition of rearing horse and muscled lion locked onto its back. The entwined animals stand on an oval rocky landscape, with the horse's underbelly supported by a tree stump.
History note: Sotheby's, 28 February 1962, lot 3; purchased by L. Spero for Sir Ivor Batchelor
Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund
Height: 37.8 cm
Length: 35.2 cm
Width: 13.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
19th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1850
: The date of the original model is unknown; first cast in bronze c. 1850; this version cast by 1857
There is some disagreement about when Barye produced the model for this first version. It has been associated with a lost sculpture, Jeune lion terrassant un cheval, shown at the Paris Salon in 1834, but Poletti and Richarme 2000, p. 255, argue that Barye's exacting precision over the titles of his sculptures means that this is unlikely. The model certainly existed by 1850 when it appears to have been cast in bronze for the first time. With the introduction of a second, revised model in 1857 (wwith an integral socle unlike the present version), production of the first version ceased. It has been estimated that fewer than 30 casts of the present version survive. The foundry model for this first version was not included in the posthumous studio sale and it is therefore not known whether any casts of this model were made after Barye's death.
Base Height 14.8 cm Length 14.9 cm Width 27 cm
Casting (process)
: Cast, bronze, patinated
Patination
Accession number: M.4-2015
Primary reference Number: 201338
Old object number: 2
Former loan number: AAL.238-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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