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Long nineteenth century · Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden · hmsg_66.382

Ape Riding a Gnu

Antoine-Louis Barye, c. 1845

Antoine-Louis Barye

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden · Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966 · CC0 · Public domain

Artist
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date
c. 1845
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
9 1/8 × 10 3/4 × 4 in. (23.1 × 27.3 × 10 cm) incl. base
Era
Long nineteenth century

Why it matters

Ape Riding a Gnu, dated c. 1845, is catalogued by Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden as a work in Bronze. The museum attributes the work to Antoine-Louis Barye. The recorded dimensions are 9 1/8 × 10 3/4 × 4 in. (23.1 × 27.3 × 10 cm) incl. base. This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.