Eagle and Chamois

Description This plaque was intended to be mounted on a piece of furniture or set in the base of a clock. This particular example was cast by the foundry Eck et Durand for the firm of silversmiths Fannière Frères.

Exhibitions

• 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.

Provenance Montaignac [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; William T. Walters, Baltimore, June 5, 1886, by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent, Lucas Diary 2, 609]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] Stamped (before casting ?) in the model on rock to the right: BARYE; [Transcription] Incised on reverse: F.F. FANNIERE Fres; [Transcription] Incised in raised letters on reverse: Eck et Durand.

Credit Acquired by William T. Walters, 1886