Winged Tiger
This unusual creature, half tiger and half bird, must have been perceived as a protector of the building where the candlestick was once used. It is similar in style to the figures on the bronze doors cast by Italian craftsmen for many large churches and cathedrals during the 1...
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14854
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Private collection, Milan, Italy; George Robinson Harding, London and H. Wareham Harding, New York [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1921, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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1
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_54.231_Lft_BW_H67.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_54.231_Lft_BW_H67.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_54.231_Lft_BW_H67.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.231 |
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