# Alfred Barye artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/alfred-barye/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T14:57:16.282Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1839-01-21
- Death date: 1895-05-13
- Nationality: French
- Common media: Bronze sculpture, Animalier sculpture

## About Alfred Barye

Alfred Barye (1839–1895), also known as Louis Alfred Barye, Alf Barye, and Barye le fils, was a French sculptor associated with the Belle Époque. He trained under his father, Antoine-Louis Barye, and used the qualifier “fils” on works to distinguish his authorship from his father’s. His known production centers on animalier bronze sculpture and Orientalist subjects, including animals, riders, and equestrian figures. Barye is also associated with Émile-Coriolan Guillemin through an equestrian model depicting an Arab warrior knight. Collectors most often encounter his name on cast sculpture and decorative bronzes. Identification requires care because the shared family name, signatures, inscriptions, casting details, condition, and attribution history can all affect how a work is catalogued. Authority sources agree that Alfred Barye was a French sculptor born in 1839, although the collected references conflict over his death year and the detailed chronology still needs stronger institutional documentation.

## Common works and media

Works encountered in auction and appraisal contexts are most commonly bronze animalier sculptures, Orientalist figures, riders, and equestrian compositions. Catalogues may place them under sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, or editions. A useful comparison should account for the exact model and subject as well as dimensions, inscriptions, surface condition, restoration, edition or casting information, provenance, and the strength of the attribution to Alfred Barye rather than another bearer of the Barye name.

## Market and appraisal context

Alfred Barye’s market is primarily evaluated through comparable sculpture and decorative-art sales. The closest comparisons share medium, dimensions, subject, date, condition, surface quality, signature or inscription, edition or casting details, provenance, and attribution confidence. Appraisily’s matched public-auction index reports 194 records, including 126 priced records, across 1998–2026; these figures describe the collected dataset rather than the entire market. Animal subjects, Orientalist or equestrian compositions, and works linked to documented models should be compared with genuinely similar examples. Public results may apply different fee treatments, while private sales, incomplete feeds, restoration, and later attribution changes may not appear. Specialist examination remains important when authorship or casting history is uncertain.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20644763
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500425709
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/308268492/
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Barye
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Barye
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Barye
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/alfred-barye/