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Roundel with portrait medallions

Roundel
1833 (made)
Artist/Maker
Eck and Durand (Foundry)
Barre, Jean Jacques (designer)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

Bronze roundel with four portrait medallions containing profile portraits of French aristocracy, supported by two angels, a putto and two winged male figures with fish tails and male torsos.

Object details

Category
Sculpture
Object type
Roundel
TitleRoundel with portrait medallions
Materials and techniques
Cast bronze
Bronze
Casting
Brief description
Roundel, bronze, with four portrait medallions, designer Jean-Jacques Barre, foundry Eck and Durand, France, 19th century
Physical description
Bronze roundel with four portrait medallions containing profile portraits of French aristocracy, supported by two angels, a putto and two winged male figures with fish tails and male torsos.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 25.4cm
Bibliographic references
  • Baladda, Karine, 'Les Barre: graveurs généraux de la monnaie de Paris au XIXè siècle', The Medal, no. 30, Spring 1997, pp. 37-42 (pp. 40-42).
  • Forrer, L., Biographical Dictionary of Medallists..., London: Spink and Son, 1904, vol. 1, p.129.
  • Jacquiot, Josèphe, Trois graveurs français, les Barre, Paris: Hôtel des Monnaies, 1949.
  • Catalogue général illustré des éditions de la Monnaie de Paris, vol. 2: De la 1ère à la 3ème République, p. 138, E.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
2406-1844

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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