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| Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - Gaston de Foix (1489-1512) on Horseback - Walters 27143 - Three Quarter.jpg The court of Louis-Philippe looked to the Valois dynasty of French monarchs 1328-1589 for historical forebears despite their tenuous connections Barye produced three equestrian sculptures representing Valois kings while he worked in the French troubadour style of the late 18th and early 19th centuries A precursor to Romanticism troubadour painting and sculpture drew their subjects from French medieval and early Renaissance history The third work in the series Gaston de Foix on Horseback portrays the son of Jean de Foix and Marie d'Orléans who was therefore through his mother the nephew of Louis XII Gaston de Foix 1489-1512 was the son of Jean de Foix viscount of Narbonne and Marie d'Orléans sister of Louis XII In 1505 his father granted him the title of duc de Nemours While commanding the French army against the Venetian and Spanish forces of Pope Julius II during the Wars of Italy Gaston relieved the siege of Ravenna in 1512 Attacking the retreating Spanish infantry he was tragically slain dying of fifteen lance blows to his face thereby giving credence to the legend that he never turned his back on his enemy Members of both the Bourbon and Orléans court saw in this heroic warrior a forebear to their own dynasties Jacques-Augustin Dieudonné 1795-1873 a fellow student of Barye in the studios of both Bosio and Gros exhibited a marble statue of Gaston de Foix at the Salon of 1835 Among the most popular images of Gaston de Foix was his death scene painted by Ary Scheffer ca 1824 As in his statuette of Charles VII the Victorious Walters 27 164 Barye followed a tradition of equestrian monuments that can be traced to antiquity The king wears Maximilian-type fluted field armor of the sixteenth century and in his right hand he holds a baton broken in the Walters example The horse's armor is adorned with four large emblems composed of the badge of the counts of Foix reversed a crown denoting a prince or duke and the collar of the Order of Saint Michael The sword is missing from this figure ca 1852 bronze with red-brown patina cm 35 88 34 29 14 29 ; H without base 14 x L 12 1/2 in 35 5 x 31 8 cm accession number 27 143 19980 Sichel Firm date and mode of acquisition unknown William T Walters October 3 1884 George A Lucas as agent mode of acqusition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1884 Signature Cast through from model BARYE; Number Painted inside in white W 94 The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 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 Equestrian statues in the United States Gaston de Foix Troubadour style 19th-century sculptures | ||||
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