Aigle ailes étendues le bec ouvert (Eagle with Outspread Wings and Open Beak)
Antoine-Louis Barye, French, 1796 - 1875
19th century
Bronze
Overall: 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Phyllis and Bertram Geller 1937 Memorial Fund
S.962.100
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, on the rock or top of base. Cast by F. Barbedienne
Exhibition History
European Paintings from the College Collection, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 13-October 6, 1974.
Gifts of the Class of 1937, Beaumont-May Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 10-November 11, 1973.
Provenance
J. Ph. Bondu, Paris, June 28, 1962; sold to M. R. Schweitzer (dealer), New York; sold to present collection, 1962.
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