Theseus Slaying the Minotaur (second version)
Artwork Details
- Title: Theseus Slaying the Minotaur (second version)
- Artist: Antoine-Louis Barye (French, Paris 1795–1875 Paris)
- Date: first version modeled in 1843, second version modeled ca.1857, possibly cast between 1857 and 1875
- Culture: French
- Medium: Bronze (sand cast)
- Dimensions: 18 × 11 1/2 in., 26.7 lb. (45.7 × 29.2 cm, 12.1 kg)
- Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
- Credit Line: Bequest of John L. Cadwalader, 1914
- Object Number: 14.58.131
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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