Physical Qualities
Bronze, brown-green-red patina, 14 H x 11-1/4 L x 5-3/4 D in.
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.46.52
Gaston le Foix (1489-1512), the Duke of Nemours and a great warrior, is represented as a medieval knight in full armour riding a horse also in full armour. He sists straight in the saddle and holds a lance/pole in his proper right hand while holding the reins in his proper left hand. A sheathed sword hangs from the proper left side of his waist. The horse's proper left front and proper right back legs are raised; the tip of its very bushy tail is tied. Base: rectangular ground with rim.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; from Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, by gift 1910; from Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George Aloysius Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: Bottom of base, two labels: L.64.15.60; BMA cat. #413. On base the letter 'H'. Signed on base: 'BARYE'.
