ANTOINE LOUIS BARYE PANTHER “PANTHERE DE TUNIS” French Bronze Sculpture

Description: Very beautiful bronze with a dark patina representing an observing panther crouching on a rock. Signed BARYE on the side of the terrace. Born in Paris, France, Barye began his career as a goldsmith, like many sculptors of the Romantic Period. He first worked under his father Pierre, and around 1810 worked under the sculptor Martin Guillaume Biennais who was a goldsmith to Napoleon. After studying under sculptor Francois Joseph Bosio in 1816, he was in 1818 admitted to the Ecole des Beaux Arts. But it was not until 1823, while working for the goldsmith Emile Fauconnier that he discovered his true predilection from watching the animals in the Jardin des Plantes, making vigorous studies of them in pencil drawings comparable to those of Delacroix, then modeling them in sculpture on a large or small scale. The mass of admirable work left by Barye entitles him to be regarded as one of the great animal life artists of the French animalier school. Barye signed only one way throughout his entire career, simply marking his bronzes "Barye". The bronze is on a heavy marble base. The bronze panther measures 9 1/2 inches long x 3 1/2 inches wide x 4 1/2 inches tall, and 5 1/2 inches tall including the marble base. Comes from a multimillion-dollar 4000 square feet estate in Arcadia California. Excellent provenance can be supplied to the winner. I also can provide a written appraisal of this piece from Heritage Auctions. Shipping from Southern California. I reserve the right to change the shipping service based on the buyer's location. 1) Item will require a signature and 2) additional insurance will be added at no cost.

Price: 2400 USD

Location: Whittier, California

End Time: 2025-01-03T21:31:25.000Z

Shipping Cost: 70 USD