Description
Barye initially modeled the bird in wax, which is supported internally by a wire armature, or framework.
Provenance
Madame Perrone Barye, Paris, 1889; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1889 [mode of acquisition unknown] [through George A. Lucas]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.