Cavalier

Barthélemy Prieur French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 532

These are the most widely replicated of Prieur’s statuettes. There is an implicit contrast between social types, that of the fashionable gentleman holding gloves and that of the simple but chic countrywoman (see 64.101.1564) lifting her skirt while offering an apple (in some cases a basket is slung over her same left arm). The dancing forms as well as the red translucent lacquer patination were generically inspired by Giambologna and his followers in Florence.

Cavalier, Barthélemy Prieur (French, Berzieux ca. 1536–1611 Paris), Bronze, French, possibly Sedan

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Cavalier, Barthélemy Prieur (French, Berzieux ca. 1536–1611 Paris), Bronze, French, possibly Sedan
Cavalier, Barthélemy Prieur (French, Berzieux ca. 1536–1611 Paris), Bronze, French, possibly Sedan
Cavalier, Barthélemy Prieur (French, Berzieux ca. 1536–1611 Paris), Bronze, French, possibly Sedan
Cavalier, Barthélemy Prieur (French, Berzieux ca. 1536–1611 Paris), Bronze, French, possibly Sedan

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