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Unknown — Four Portrait Medallions of Intellectuals including Charles Lenormant, Pigault-Lebrun, Gaspare Spontini, and Charles Nodier
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Four Portrait Medallions of Intellectuals including Charles Lenormant, Pigault-Lebrun, Gaspare Spontini, and Charles Nodier

A bronze sculptural work featuring four portrait medallions of prominent 19th-century French intellectuals, rendered with classical medallion format and finished with a dark brown patina. The piece celebrates the contributions of Charles Lenormant, Pigault-Lebrun, Gaspare Spontini, and Charles Nodier.

Medium
bronze with dark brown patina

🔨 Auction Lot

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

March 29, 2021

Estimate: $800$1,200

Lot 67

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Unknown, Four Portrait Medallions of Intellectuals including Charles Lenormant, Pigault-Lebrun, Gaspare Spontini, and Charles Nodier

A bronze sculptural work featuring four portrait medallions of prominent 19th-century French intellectuals, rendered with classical medallion format and finished with a dark brown patina. The piece celebrates the contributions of Charles Lenormant, Pigault-Lebrun, Gaspare Spontini, and Charles Nodier.

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

Related themes

Bronze, French, Portrait Medallions, 19th Century, Intellectuals, Sculpture, Classical, Medallion Format, Patina, Commemorative Art

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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