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| Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar - Walters 27192 - Three Quarter.jpg The Greek mythological hero Hercules performs the third of the twelve labors assigned to him by Eurystheus the king of Mycenae to capture a fierce boar that had been terrorizing Arcadia in ancient Greece and to bring it back to Mycenae The finely executed details of this miniature sculpture recall Barye's early training as a goldsmith ca 1823 bronze with a golden red-brown patina on a porphyry plinth cm 20 3 7 13 5 accession number 27 192 3282 William T Walters Baltimore May 21 1889 George A Lucas as agent or Henry Walters Baltimore June 29 1904 art critic William M Laffan conveyed to Walters on behalf of George A Lucas which of the two casts is this example has yet to be determined Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters Untamed The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Palm Beach 2007-2008 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Erymanthian Boar Hercules | ||||
