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Lot n° 204
Estimation :
150 - 300
EUR
DAVID Pierre-Jean, known as DAVID d'ANGERS (1788–1856), afte - Lot 204
DAVID Pierre-Jean, known as DAVID d'ANGERS (1788–1856), after
Set comprising six medallions, including:
- Portrait of Pierre-Jean de Béranger. Bronze cast. Diameter: 13 cm;
- Portrait of Kléber. Bronze cast. Diam.: 18 cm;
- Portrait of Rauch. Sèvres biscuit porcelain cast. Diam.: 15.3 cm;
- Portrait of a man. Sèvres biscuit porcelain cast. Diam.: 16.2 cm;
- Portrait of Charles Nicolas Fabvier. Plaster cast. Diam.: 15 cm;
- Portrait of Filippo Buonarroti. Plaster cast. Diam.: 16.5 cm
Note: Considered the greatest French medalist of the 19th century, David d'Angers (1788–1856) created more than five hundred sculpted portraits of the prominent figures of his time. A student of Jacques-Louis David and winner of the Prix de Rome in 1811, he devoted much of his career to creating a veritable “gallery of the 19th century,” bringing together artists, writers, scholars, military figures, and politicians. His medallions of Béranger, Kléber, Fabvier, and Buonarroti bear witness to this unique documentary ambition, now largely preserved at the Galerie David d'Angers, housed in the former Toussaint Abbey in Angers. These portraits are among the most valuable examples of French Romantic sculpture.
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