Turtle
model n.d., cast c. 1845/1968
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View on museum website →Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall: 3.81 × 10.16 × 7.62 cm (1 1/2 × 4 × 3 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Robert Scott Wiles and Museum Purchase with funds from the William A. Clark Fund)
Accession Number
2015.19.3911
About the Artist
Antoine-Louis Barye · 1795–1875
Antoine-Louis Barye (1795–1875) was born in Paris on September 24, the son of goldsmith Pierre Barye and Marguerite Barye. Following family tradition, he apprenticed as a goldsmith under his father and, around 1810, with Martin-Guillaume Biennais, goldsmith to Napoleon. After brief military service, Barye pursued sculpture, studying under François-Joseph Bosio in 1816 and painter Baron Antoine-Jea...