Eagle and Snake

modeled ca. 1824-1826

15.7 cm 10.6 cm 1.7 cm

Citation Source image

This plaque was intended to be mounted on a piece of furniture or set in the base of a clock. The reliefs of the ferocious eagles attacking their prey are, in their intense drama, closely associated with early 19th-century Romanticism. This particular example was cast by the f...

Sculpture

id
id
34740
contentType
contentType
sculpture
stage
stage
normalized
provenance
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to November 1889 [He may have purchased this relief from Fannière Frères, who lent a cast of this subject, no. 387, to the Paris ""Exposition Barye""]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
rightsUri
rightsUri
CC0
language
language
en
pageCount
pageCount
2
source
source
import
Source image fields (5)
thumbnailUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_27.189_Fnt_BW_H48.jpg
largeImageUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_27.189_Fnt_BW_H48.jpg
iiifBase https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_27.189_Fnt_BW_H48.jpg
imageCount 2
sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/27.189