Eagle | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.1136
People: Attributed to Pierre Philippe Thomire, French (Paris, France 1751 - 1843 Paris, France)
Title: Eagle
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture
Date: 19th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/229672

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

43.2 x 27.9 x 22.9 cm (17 x 11 x 9 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

label: under base, handwritten: Thomire Pierre Philippe / Sculpteur Bronzes / Eleve de Pajou et de Houdon / né a Paris 6 Dec. 1735, mort a Paris 15 juin 1843
inscription: under base, red paint: Di[ ]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1136

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Publication History

H. Wade White, "A Significant Addition to the Museum's Napoleonic Collection", Fogg Art Museum Newsletter, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1964), vol. II, no. 1, p. 3

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