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Antoine-Louis Barye
Theseus and the Minotaurcirca 1860, this cast (Barbédienne) later

Not on view
Bronze sculptural group of two muscular nude figures in combat, one raising a dagger over a horned, crouching opponent, on a stepped rectangular base
Bronze sculpture of two nude male figures in dynamic struggle; standing figure wearing a winged helmet grasps a second figure who arches backward, mounted on a rectangular marble base with dark patina.
Bronze sculpture of a muscular nude male figure wrestling a bull, raising a club overhead with both arms, set on a tiered rectangular base; dark patinated surface with smooth modeling.

Antoine-Louis Barye, Theseus and the Minotaur, circa 1860, this cast (Barbédienne) later, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, James E. Clark Bequest, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Antoine-Louis Barye
France, 1796-1875
Title
Theseus and the Minotaur
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1860, this cast (Barbédienne) later
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 17 3/4 × 11 1/4 × 6 7/8 in. (45.09 × 28.58 × 17.46 cm)
Credit Line
James E. Clark Bequest
Accession Number
M.87.119.5
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Butler, Ruth; Hargrove, June E.; Holderbaum, James; Hunisak, John M. and Anne M. Wagner. The Romantics to Rodin. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980.