SculptureFrench19th century

Theodore Géricault (1791-1824)

1830

Artists

Pierre-Jean David d'AngersArtist

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Relief

Medium

Bronze

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

15 cm diam. (5 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Mr. James W. Fowle, Thetford Hill, VT, Purchased, 1948, Gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1990. See curatorial file, where donor notes he bought this medallion in a shop on Boulevard Raspail, Paris, in the winter of 1948.

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