The artist Antoine-Louis Barye was born in 1796-1875 and he was also French. He made a sculpture called “Theseus Slaying the Minotaur” in 1843 which was made and painted in a bronze color. The sculpture was a three dimensional figure very detailed. When viewing the artwork you could see the Minotaur onto theseus shoulder, while theseus holding onto the minotaur should with his left hand. And with a sword in his right hand facing it towards the minotaur. In ancient Crete, King Minos had demanded that seven Athenian youths and seven maidens be sacrificed each year to the Minotaur, a creature with a bull’s head. Posing as one of the youths, the Athenian hero Theseus managed to reach the Minotaur in his labyrinth and to kill the creature. This
