The Dead Bird
This sentimental piece, formerly attributed to Etienne Maurice Falconet (1716-1791), depicts the nude figure of a young girl seated with a dead bird on her right knee and her hands clasped to the left in a gesture of sorrow. This subject in art is associated with lost innocenc...
Sculpture
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id
25093
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| contentType |
contentType
sculpture
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Octave Homberg, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Octave Homberg Sale, Paris, May 16, 1906, no. 724; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase [through Jacques Seligmann]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_27.388_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_27.388_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_27.388_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/27.388 |
Terms
Medium
white marble
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