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Source Description
An eagle, with its beak opened as though it is screeching, has landed on a rock and leans over the lifeless body of a heron. This composition is one of several that trace their origin to a project that the French government conceived in 1834: to place on top of the Arc de Triomphe a gigantic statue of an eagle with a wingspan of over 75 feet. In its talons, the eagle was intended to grasp various trophies of war. For fear of offending past enemies, the government eventually canceled the project. Barye, however, reused the figure of the eagle with the outstretched wings in some of his compositions, including this example.
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Document identity
localId
37792
label
Eagle Holding a Heron (first version)
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
37792
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Eagle Holding a Heron (first version)
description
An eagle, with its beak opened as though it is screeching, has landed on a rock and leans over the lifeless body of a heron. This composition is one of several that trace their origin to a project that the French government conceived in 1834: to place on top of the Arc de Triomphe a gigantic statue of an eagle with a wingspan of over 75 feet. In its talons, the eagle was intended to grasp various trophies of war. For fear of offending past enemies, the government eventually canceled the project. Barye, however, reused the figure of the eagle with the outstretched wings in some of his compositions, including this example.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1889 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
first issued 1857
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
sculpture (visual works)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
28.6
height
36.2
depth
27
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 1/4 x W: 14 1/4 x D: 10 5/8 in. (28.6 x 36.2 x 27 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Cast through from model: A L BARYE; [Number] Painted inside in white: W 17.
med
bronze with remnants of green and black over red-brown patina
creator_ids
6082
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
1956
631
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
ee02b6cc92b54990