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Unknown — Five Portrait Medallions of French Painters including Alfred Johannot, Antoine-Jean Gros, Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois, François Gérard, and Léon Cogniet
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Five Portrait Medallions of French Painters including Alfred Johannot, Antoine-Jean Gros, Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois, François Gérard, and Léon Cogniet

This bronze relief features five portrait medallions of notable French painters including Alfred Johannot, Antoine-Jean Gros, and others. The work with dark brown patina celebrates the contributions of 19th-century French academic artists.

Medium
bronze with dark brown patina

🔨 Auction Lot

Joseph H. Hirshhorn: Collector for a Nation, Part II

March 29, 2021

Estimate: $1,000$1,500

Lot 51

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Unknown, Five Portrait Medallions of French Painters including Alfred Johannot, Antoine-Jean Gros, Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois, François Gérard, and Léon Cogniet

This bronze relief features five portrait medallions of notable French painters including Alfred Johannot, Antoine-Jean Gros, and others. The work with dark brown patina celebrates the contributions of 19th-century French academic artists.

Medium
bronze with dark brown patina
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Brown, French, Bronze Sculpture, Multiple Figures, Portrait Medallions, 19th Century, Classical, Memorial, Historical, Figurative

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Collected by

Richard Caswell, Sebastián Naranjo, Jonah Handel, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Ethan Elkins, Alex Capecelatro, Mihail Lari, Cleveland Museum of Art