Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001884Turtle
Inscriptions
Marked: Barye (proper left side, below turtles shell); 536 (in paint, underside of sculpture)
Provenance
Arthur Rubloff (d. 1986), Chicago, by 1986; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1988.
Publications
Stuart Pivar, The Barye Bronzes: A Catalogue Raisonne (Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 1974), p. 235, cat. A193. Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., Antoine-Louis Barye Bronzes from the Collection of the Late Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge (October 29, 1975), lot 122. Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, Barye: Catalogue raisonné des sculptures (Paris: Gallimard, 2000), p. 348, cat. A207(1).
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Antoine Louis Barye (French, 1795–1875)
- Date
- c. 1820
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- 4.4 × 13.3 × 9.2 cm (1 3/4 × 5 1/4 × 3 5/8 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- statuette
- Style
- nineteenth century
- Place
- France
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Credit line
- Bequest of Arthur Rubloff
- Accession no.
- 1988.36.6
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