# Theseus Slaying the Minotaur [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BARYE, Antoine-Louis]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Bronze, height 47 cm ## Commentary To familiarize himself with nature, Barye frequented assiduously the botanical and zoological gardens of his native Paris. His first success as a sculptor came in 1831. Truly excellent in his depictions of animals \(he was a painter also\), he has a place among the most forceful French sculptors and Romantic masters of the 19th century. This statue shows how he drew inspiration from antiquity, adding to it the profound acquaintance with anatomy, the keen sense of life, and the qualities of power and tension in expression that are characteristic of his genius. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 3 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/17\_cent/lully\_theseus.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Jean-Baptiste Lully: Theseus, overture</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [A Small Deer]() - [Bull Attacked by a Bear]() - [Cheval Turk]() - [Elephant from Senegal]() - [Forest of Fontainebleau: "La Reine Blanche"]() - [Forest of Fontainebleau: The "Jean de Paris"]() - [Jaguar Devouring a Hare]() - [Lion and Serpent]() - [Lion Bitten by a Snake]() - [Lions near their Den]() - [Panther Seizing a Stag]() - [Roger and Angelica]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()