King Vulture
- Title
- King Vulture
- Rights
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois. Public Domain.
- Creator
- Johann Joachim Kändler
- Date
- 1734
- Description
- A statue of a vulture perched on a tree stump. The vulture has red and white wings with black flight feathers and a gray body and head. It has blue neck feathers, a red and black beak, and yellow on its head. The tree stump is white and the bird's head is tilted down.
- Format
- Sculpture. Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels. 22 13/16 × 16 15/16 in.
- Publisher
- The Art Institute of Chicago.
- Contributor
- Elliot Foran
- Identifier
- The Art Institute of Chicago. 2007.105.
- Subject
- vulture; Vulture; sculpture; tree stump; bird; Bird
- Source
- Jpg file. The Art Institute of Chicago. 10/10/2023.
- https://www.artic.edu/artworks/189715/king-vulture
- Item sets
- Backyard Birds-Elliot F.
- Media
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