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Study for a "Torchère"
(18th and 19th Centuries )
On the base of the torchère, or candlestick, is the monogram LN for (Charles) Louis Napoleon, who was elected president of France in December 1848 and became Emperor Napoleon III four years later. Barye, who identified himself as a producer of decorative works of art as well as sculpture, might have submitted this design to Joachim Visconti (1791-1853), the architect who began Napoleon III's additions to the Louvre.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Émile Martin; Mme Martin Zedee, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
Exhibitions
| 2007-2008 | Untamed: The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 1/1/2002 | Treatment | examined for exhibition; cleaned; repaired; other |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
12 x 7 3/4 in. (30.5 x 19.7 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1949
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.2274