Brame
A Group of Birds: Kite Carrying off a Heron
1875
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Brame
A Group of Birds: Kite Carrying off a Heron
1875
Physical Qualities
Bronze, brown patina, 11 H x 9-1/2 L x 5-15/16 D in.
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Norman Baetjer, Jr.
Object Number
1974.24.7
A kite (member of the hawk family) flying over foliage that rises out of a rocky base. The kite is holding a dead heron in its mouth and talons. Base: round rocky mound with rim.)
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1974; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Norman Baetjer, Jr., Baltimore, by bequest; either in 1969, from Harry Norman Baetjer, Baltimore or in 1945, from his uncle, Edwin G. Baetjer, Baltimore; Edwin G. Baetjer, Baltimore, by bequest 1923; Charles Koppleman, Baltimore
Not in Pivar. Similar to A184 (Pivar p.229) but different wing, feet, and head placement.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 347, p. 344.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 148.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 347, p. 344.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 148.
Inscribed: Signed on base: BARYE. Bottom of base, red ink: L.12.10.13; 74.24.7.
