Jean-Léon Gérôme
The Expiring Eagle of Waterloo

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Artist Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824–1904)French, 1824–1904

Foundry Fonderie Siot-Decauville(Paris, founded 1860)Paris, founded 1860

CultureFrench

Titles

The Expiring Eagle of Waterloo

Datec. 1902

PlaceParis, France

MediumGilt bronze mounted on worked granite

Dimensions27 1/4 × 26 × 17 in. (69.2 × 66 × 43.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 2005"

Object number2005.1066

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

220 McNair Gallery

Exposé

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenancePrivate collection in France; [Ex-collection Charles Janoray from 1987 until 2005]; purchased by MFAH, “One Great Night in November, 2005”
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Stamped on the proper left side of the globe: "J. L. GEROME"

Foundry mark stamped on the back center of the globe: "SIOT-PARIS"

Stamped (? location): "706 F"

Stamped on the front of the finial: "N"

Stamped on the folded banner/flag extending from the pole: "AUSTERLITZ ...IENA ...DLAND ...MUHL" (Austerlitz Iéna Friedland, Eckmühl, c. 1902)

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