Pheasant (Primary Title)
Barbidienne Pheasant, Head Turned Left (Alternate Title)

Antoine-Louis Barye, French, 1796 - 1875 (Artist)

ca. 1845
French
bronze (Barbédienne)
Overall: 4 5/8 × 8 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (11.75 × 20.64 × 6.35 cm)
2008.133
Not on view
On base: "F B" stamp; "BARYE" signature
"43" inscribed on base; sticker from Graham Gallery, New York;
On base: "A MR GUILLEMOT . LA MUTUALITÉ COMMERCIALE 1878 ."
Gift of Mrs. Nelson L. St. Clair, Jr.
2021: Romantic Bronzes
The Mrs. Nelson L. St. Clair, Jr. Donation of Sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye, VMFA , April 24, 2021 -

2004: Antoine-Louis Barye and the American Collector. New York: James Grahams & Sons, 2004. Exhibition catalog. (No. 61, p. 41; Fig. 9, p. 15).
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