Theseus Fighting the Centaur Bianor
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Title
Theseus Fighting the Centaur Bianor
Subject
Theseus, Bianor
Description
Bayre's thorough grounding in classical prototypes is evident in this highly charged representation of an incident from the battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs described in Book XII of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Bayre surely knew the series of metopes from the Parthenon depicting the Greek legend, but the death blow delivered by the Greek hero is recognizable as a borrowing from the marble Hercules and a Centaur by the Mannerist sculptor Giambologna in Florence.
Creator
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, Paris 1796–1875 Paris)
Date
1867-01-01/1867-12-31
Date Available
modeled 1849, cast ca. 1867
Provenance
Gift of Samuel P. Avery, 1885
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Antoine-Louis Barye ; sold to Boer's ; [ Boer’s Bazaar Royal, The Hague , until 1885; sold to Avery] ; Samuel P. Avery ; presented to MMA
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Antoine-Louis Barye ; sold to Boer's ; [ Boer’s Bazaar Royal, The Hague , until 1885; sold to Avery] ; Samuel P. Avery ; presented to MMA
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Sculpture
bronze
Physical Dimensions
Overall (confirmed): 49 3/4 x 45 1/4 x 20 3/4 in. (126.4 x 114.9 x 52.7 cm)
Files
Collection
Citation
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, Paris 1796–1875 Paris), “Theseus Fighting the Centaur Bianor,” Mapping Mythology: A Digital Collection of Classical Mythology in Post-Antique Art, accessed August 2, 2021, http://mappingmythology.com/items/show/88.