Aigle tenant un héron (Eagle Grasping a Heron)
Antoine-Louis Barye, French, 1796 - 1875
19th century
Bronze
Overall: 6 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (15.9 × 12.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Phyllis and Bertram Geller 1937 Memorial Fund
S.964.53
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, back: Barye
Provenance
Gallery St. Charles, Monte Carlo, Aug. 31, 1963; sold to M. R. Schweitzer (dealer), New York; sold to present collection, 1964.
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