. Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur the late Cyrus J. Lawrence, Esq. New York [electronic resource]. 281— (TjK) Bronze Faun, Recijning (Proof No. 8.) Mottled-brown patina. Young deer in com-plete rest, with muzzle on the ground. In this position it is al-most as hard to distinguish from its surroundings as a harelying in her form on the brown tilled land. A favorite sub-ject with Barye. Signed on the lm*e, Barye, anil imprr»*ed murk, Harye, 8. Li ngtli. li inchest. 382—(57) Fai n Scuatchixh MoDSES Mottled-brown patina. Paper weight, com


. Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur the late Cyrus J. Lawrence, Esq. New York [electronic resource]. 281— (TjK) Bronze Faun, Recijning (Proof No. 8.) Mottled-brown patina. Young deer in com-plete rest, with muzzle on the ground. In this position it is al-most as hard to distinguish from its surroundings as a harelying in her form on the brown tilled land. A favorite sub-ject with Barye. Signed on the lm*e, Barye, anil imprr»*ed murk, Harye, 8. Li ngtli. li inchest. 382—(57) Fai n Scuatchixh MoDSES Mottled-brown patina. Paper weight, composed to admitof easy grasping when shifted about a library table. Thesculptor enjoyed modelling an animal at rest as much as inaction. He was as perfect in a simple theme like this as in acomplicated one calling for a flight of on the bane, Baryk. Length, fis inch 383—(N:$) Group. Hercules Carryixc. Boar. Modkrx ^^^^^ Spirited littk group from Greek mytbol- jfl^^HH ogy, showing I f i rt iik> performing nm nl .4i^H his labors of conquering Hie Kr\ ?^^^HjflLi nmnthian boar, a creature sent by one of ^» ^^^La tin- high nl Olympus tii destroy the ^* jT4V crops and cattle of certain Greeks who had ? J£ incurred displeasure. Hercules seized theboar and bound it alive. Harye has added . a heroic trait, for Hercules has swung it JBr\Q across his neck by the ears, thus making ^1 a sculpturesque composition of the human B figure anil the beast, » Sii/ufd on bntr. Habvk. Height, 5 turtles. 284—(84) Hkon/i: Statuette. Jkster. Modkhn ^^^^ Antique green patina. Archness and as- ^^dl suranee are shown in this little figure of an mjKt undersized man wearing shoes and one ^luminous clonk, to which a cap is at-bached. It might be a scholar of the oldUniversity of Paris acting in some play,or a Neapolitan comedian in dumb show


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