Sculpture

War

1 of 4

Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: 19th century
Accession number: 2002.31.1
Maker: Antoine-Louis Barye(Opens in new tab) (French, 1796–1875)
Dimensions: height: 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm.)
Medium: bronze
Description: This bronze sculpture shows a personification of war as a male figure wearing a laurel wreath, a symbol of triumph. He is seated on a recumbent horse next to a putto blowing his heralding horn.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Bequest of Edith A. Digate
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

You might also be interested in