Antoine-Louis Barye
Napoleon I on Horseback

ArtistFrench, 1795–1875
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Napoleon I on Horseback
Datec. 1864–1866
MediumPlaster and iron reinforcements
Dimensions38 × 31 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (96.5 × 80 × 39.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment Fund
Object number2000.96
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
220 McNair Gallery
On view

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Provenance[Hôtel Drouot, Paris, "Vente Barye," February 7–12, 1876]; Aimé Diot, Paris; [École des Beaux Arts, Paris, "Œuvres de Barye," 1889, no. 603]; purchased by [Jacque Montaignac, possibly Paris]; [Sotheby's, London, May 14, 1999, no. 229]; [Daniel Katz, Ltd., London, 1999–2000]; purchased by MFAH, 2000.

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