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Stork Standing on a Turtle
(18th and 19th Centuries )
One possible source for this amusing but improbable subject was an illustration of an ancient oil lamp published in 1804 by the engraver Lorenzo Roccheggiani (active 1800-17). Another possible source is an engraving of a bird on a turtle identified as after an Oriental bronze by Maria de Wilde (1682-1729).
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2007-2008 | Untamed: The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach. |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7.6 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
27.139