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| Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - Eagle Holding a Heron (first version) - Walters 27146 - Profile.jpg 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 first issued 1857 bronze with remnants of green and black over red-brown patina cm 28 6 36 2 27 accession number 27 146 37792 William T Walters Baltimore prior to 1889 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters before 1889 Signature Cast through from model A L BARYE; Number Painted inside in white W 17 The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 Untamed The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Palm Beach 2007-2008 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Sculptures of eagles | ||||
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