. Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur the late Cyrus J. Lawrence, Esq. New York [electronic resource]. Museum at Lc PlIV. Sij/ltlll » »*. A- • Ifi-iijlit. Hi inrhm; ltii. ].>:. iurhrs. :ifiO (8) Lady on k Fquestrian group. In a fancy riding costume called in FrenchLWmazone. Golden brown patina. Mounted on a vcr-antiqucmurble base. Modelled about 18:J7, this equestrian statuette rep-resents a lady in an ainazonc or riding dress fashioned aftersome style of the Fli/.abethan age, a revival in 1KJJ0 of certainpoints in an ancient
. Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur the late Cyrus J. Lawrence, Esq. New York [electronic resource]. Museum at Lc PlIV. Sij/ltlll » »*. A- • Ifi-iijlit. Hi inrhm; ltii. ].>:. iurhrs. :ifiO (8) Lady on k Fquestrian group. In a fancy riding costume called in FrenchLWmazone. Golden brown patina. Mounted on a vcr-antiqucmurble base. Modelled about 18:J7, this equestrian statuette rep-resents a lady in an ainazonc or riding dress fashioned aftersome style of the Fli/.abethan age, a revival in 1KJJ0 of certainpoints in an ancient mode of millinery. The beret with feather,the high shoulders, slashed sleeves, corsetted body and long chainabout the waist, show the revival of an obsolete style. The horsewith diminutive head and the saddle are old style also. Theplacidity of the lady, her air of stately grandeur and generalappearance of good form, must have made this statuette at-tractive to the class of buyers whom Barye had to please, thosewho hunted and rode and Hked bronzes of deer, dogs and Haiivk. Height, IS iiirhis: Itngtk, W:. tnoftkt,. » 3(jl— (87) GltKKK (aNI) Surmounted by a gilt stork. Brown patina. Kiu-li for tencandles. A pair of elaborate candlesticks inspired by discoveriesat Pompeii and Ilcrculancum, more Human in taste than chains are meant to carry extinguishers. Small fine giltstorks arc used as decorations in place of the topmost ornaments, chimera heads and masks alternate withother Pompciiaii at bate of column, Hahyk. Height, 28 tuck*!, 36Si — (5) Nai-oleox Bronze equestrian figure. Designed for the City of Antique green and brown patina. Barye was to havehad a commission fur a large equestrian monument to Napoleonthe Great from the city of Grenoble. This represents a modelbe made fur that work. Barye heard that Mcrcicr had beencommissioned t(, make a design for the Napoleonic monument inGren
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