168. Bronze model of Dromadaire harnaché d'Egypte Antoine-Louis Barye (1795 - 1875) Early cast, probably Barye's workshop (1857-1875) A bronze model of Dromadaire harnaché d'Egypte (harnessed dromedary from Egypt) Antoine-Louis Barye (1795 - 1875) Early cast, probably workshop of Barye(1857-1875) Resting on a naturalistic oval base, signed BARYE; bearing the collector's paper label L BACHELIER/ 276 and a number 7558 in ink on a red wax seal; a customs stamp DOUANE VI; a paper with Exposition d'art français/ Genève 1918/ Barye 97 and another paper with Exposition retrospective 1900. The orientalist dromedary subject is one of Barye's last models, a late creation and edition by Barye, and is quite rare in a period print. It is listed by Barye in his last catalogue 'catalog des Bronze de A. L Barye, Exposition Universelle de Paris 1865, under "nouveaux modèles", number 228, p. 8. Our bronze was exhibited in Geneva in 1918 at the Exposition d'Art Français du XIXè siècle. H.26 x W.25 x L.8,5 cm. Exhibited Exposition d'Art français du XIXè siècle, " Barye ", Genève, 1918, n° 215, p. 31. Literature Genève, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de la ville de Genève, Catalogue des tableaux, dessins et sculptures de l'Ecole française du XIXè siècle, G. Geffroy, 15 May - 16 June 1918, n° 215, p. 31. Comparative Literature M. Poletti & A. Richarme, Barye: Catalogue Raisonnée des Sculptures, Paris, 2000, p. 277, no. A 137.