ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1796-1875) Tête de cerf (Head of a...

ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1796-1875)
Tête de cerf (Head of a stag)
apparently unsigned
bronze, dark reddish-brown patina
121⁄2 in. (31.8 cm.) high, 71⁄2 in. (19 cm.) wide, 8 in. (20.3 cm.) deep
The model conceived circa 1830.
Almost certainly cast by Susse Frères, circa 1860-1875.

Provenance
Acquired from Univers du Bronze, Paris, 4 October 2003.

Literature
P. Cadet, Susse Frères: 150 Years of Sculpture, 1837-1987, Paris, 1992, p. 33.
A. Richarme & M. Poletti, Barye: Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Paris, 2000, p. 306, cat. A163.

Lot Essay
This rare and charming head of a stag counts among four early studies by Barye acquired by the prolific Susse foundry prior to his debut at the Paris Salon in 1830. An edited bronze edition of this trophy, cast without the oak wreath, appears at the Château de Dampierre, a Baroque estate subsequently redesigned by Honoré Théodoric d'Albert de Luynes, a grand collectionneur of Barye's work.