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A Pair of Eagles [right-facing eagle]

c.1500/1560

South Netherlandish 16th Century

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German 16th Century

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Artwork overview

Medium

bronze
Credit Line

Gift of Robert H. Smith/Robert H. Smith Collection
Dimensions

height: 29 cm (11 7/16 in.)
Accession

2022.181.55.1

A Pair of Eagles [left-facing eagle]

South Netherlandish 16th Century, German 16th Century

1495

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

2007

Cristanetti, Simona, et al. Recent Acquisitions Made to the Robert H. Smith Collection of Renaissance Bronzes. London, 2007: 6-9, 60, repro. no. 55.

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