#antoine-louis barye

Peace / photograph of a vintage 1885 engraving of the sculpture “Peace” by Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875) - residing at the time in the Louvre, Paris

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Thésée et le Minotaure / photograph of a vintage 1885 engraving by J.H.E. Whitney within Century Magazine - taken from a photograph  from the plaster cast of the work by Antoine Louis Barye (1796-1875) (1885 photograph originally taken with the permission of the Ferdinand Barbédienne Foundry in Paris - Barbédienne Purchased 125 casting models from the late Antoine Louis Barye’s sale in 1876.  He set about casting and selling editions of these sculptures which was very successful, devoting an entire catalogue to these works.)

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