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| Keywords: Eck et Durand - Eagle and Snake - Walters 27189.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Sculptor Creator Antoine-Louis Barye Founder This plaque was intended to be mounted on a piece of furniture or set in the base of a clock The reliefs of the ferocious eagles attacking their prey are in their intense drama closely associated with early 19th-century Romanticism This particular example was cast by the foundry Eck et Durand for the firm of silversmiths Fannière Frères modeled ca 1824-1826 bronze with dark brown patina cm 10 6 15 7 1 7 accession number 27 189 34740 William T Walters Baltimore prior to November 1889 He may have purchased this relief from Fannière Frères who lent a cast of this subject no 387 to the Paris Exposition Barye Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters before 1889 Signature Stamped before casting in the model beneath the rocks on left side BARYE; Mark Incised FF for Fannière Frères Exposition Barye École des beaux-arts Paris Paris; École des beaux-arts Paris Paris 1875-1889 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 Fonderie Eck et Durand Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Collections of the Walters Art Museum Sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye Eagles and snakes in art | ||||
