Eagle with Wings Outspread
modeled probably ca. 1833–34, cast before ca. 1875
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
11 x 12-3/4 x 10-3/4 in. (27.9 x 32.4 x 27.3 cm)
Classification
Sculpture-Bronze
Culture
French
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Otto P. Schwarzschild, 1943
Accession Number
43.140
Tags
About the Artist
Antoine-Louis Barye · 1795–1875
Antoine-Louis Barye (1795–1875) was born in Paris on September 24, the son of goldsmith Pierre Barye and Marguerite Barye. Following family tradition, he apprenticed as a goldsmith under his father and, around 1810, with Martin-Guillaume Biennais, goldsmith to Napoleon. After brief military service, Barye pursued sculpture, studying under François-Joseph Bosio in 1816 and painter Baron Antoine-Jea...