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| Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - General Bonaparte - Walters 27161 - Three Quarter.jpg The young Napoleon 1769-1821 is represented with long hair and wearing the uniform of a general in the French army a rank he held between 1793 and 1799 the year he overthrew the Directory the government during the last phase of the Revolution and replaced it with the Consulate in which he served as First Consul He declared himself emperor in 1804 The forelock and mane of his majestic horse are braided as for a ceremonial occasion Barye produced several sculptures of Bonaparte both monumental and small-scale over the course of his career first cast ca 1845 bronze with green over black patina cm 46 7 34 3 14 accession number 27 161 21028 Ferdinand Barbedienne William T Walters Baltimore October 27 1884 by purchase George A Lucas as agent or Mrs Barye William T Walters Baltimore April 7 1888 by purchase George A Lucas as agent in both cases the Duke of Orleans was also purchased at the same time Walters may have retained the second set and disposed of the Barbedienne casts Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1884 Signature Cast through from model BARYE; Number On paper label on base Walters 96 An Exhibition of the Treasures of The Walters Art Gallery The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Pace Wildenstein Gallery New York; Smith College Museum of Art Northampton 1967 The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 Untamed The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Palm Beach 2007-2008 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Mane braiding Statues of Napoleon I of France | ||||
