Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat and Charles Wittmann
Eagle Pinioning a Hare
1897
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching and drypoint, Sheet: 211 × 271 mm. (8 5/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
Plate: 173 × 208 mm. (6 13/16 × 8 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.12278
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Bibliothèque nationale (France), Inventaire du fonds français après 1800 (Paris: M. Le Garrec, 1930-ongoing), vol. 3, p. 125, #8.
Inscribed: Signed in plate: lower left "Ln B." Inscribed in plate: lower left "Léon Bonnat pinx. et sculp."; lower center "AIGLE LIANT UN LIÈVRE / (Salon des Champs Elysées)"; lower right "Gazette des Beaux Arts"; bottom right "Imp. Ch. Wittmann"
Markings: None
