Nature Unveiling Herself Before Science (Orsay)
1893 · plaster
height without base: 57.2 cm (22 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art
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Louis-Ernest Barrias
1841
WA-00012868
Sculpture
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None documented
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2
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65
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2
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70%
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- Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
- NationalityArtsy· 85%
Source Registry (2)
- Artsy (bulk)Tier 1 · Institutional85%
- Artist IndexTier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%
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Why this artist matters now
Louis-Ernest Barrias was a French sculptor working in the Beaux-Arts tradition, known for classical figural work executed in marble and bronze. He won the Prix de Rome in 1865, enabling extended study at the French Academy in Rome, where he refined the academic sculptural vocabulary that defined his practice. His work embodied the formal restraint and mythological subject matter central to nineteenth-century French salon sculpture.
Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago
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2 published of 39 catalogued · 38 with image
- The Met1 published
- Nga1 published1 img
- + 1 more source · 37 catalogued, not yet published
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5 entries · 1 sources
- 1893 · Nga · 5 provWikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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