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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1990.91
People
Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, French (Angers 1788 - 1856 Paris)
Title
Theodore Géricault (1791-1824)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
relief, sculpture
Date
1830
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227232

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Relief
Dimensions
15 cm diam. (5 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l.: David / 1830
  • inscription: above image, cast in: GERICAULT / PICTOR

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
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.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of James Fowle in honor of Professor Frederick B. Deknatel
Accession Year
1990
Object Number
1990.91
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • Théodore Gericault 1791-1824: A Bicentennial Exhibition, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/08/1991 - 08/04/1991
  • France and the Portrait, 1799-1870, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/03/1994 - 01/29/2002
  • The Portrait, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/15/2004 - 01/09/2005

Verification Level

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