Minerva

Provenance

Commissioned 1873 directly from the artist by William T. Walters, chairman of the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s acquisition committee; purchased 1873 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Minerva

Barye, Antoine-Louis

model c. 1840, cast by 1873

Accession Number

2014.136.270

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 31.12 × 13.02 × 16.19 cm (12 1/4 × 5 1/8 × 6 3/8 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)