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Antoine-Louis Barye — Plaque: Eagle with Snake
Antoine-Louis Barye

Plaque: Eagle with Snake

1830

Designed as architectural decoration, this relief plaque shows Barye's versatility in adapting his animal subjects to different sculptural formats and symbolic meanings.

Medium
bronze

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Antoine-Louis Barye, Plaque: Eagle with Snake, 1830

Designed as architectural decoration, this relief plaque shows Barye's versatility in adapting his animal subjects to different sculptural formats and symbolic meanings.

Medium
bronze
Year
1830
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Bronze, French, Animal, Relief, Eagle, 19th Century, Sculpture, Classical, Wildlife, Ornamental

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