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Maker(s):Barye, Antoine Louis
Culture:French (1796 - 1875)
Title:Lapith Combating a Centaur
Date Made:ca. 1840
Type:Sculpture
Materials:bronze
Place Made:France
Measurements:overall: 13 1/8 x 15 x 5 3/8 in.; 33.3375 x 38.1 x 13.6525 cm
Narrative Inscription:  undated, signed behind right rear leg of centaur: BARYE
Accession Number:  SC 1980.45.1
Credit Line:Gift of Hope R. Rafferty, class of 1944
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
centaur with upper torso twisted back and arms raised fighting lapith on back whose proper left arm holds centaur while proper right is raised to strike, on self-base; mythology

Tags:
men; animals; wars

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