Relief Bust of Napoleon
Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, French, 1788 - 1856
1837
Bronze
Overall: 9 3/4 × 6 5/8 × 2 1/8 in. (24.8 × 16.8 × 5.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Roger Arvid Anderson Collection; acquired through a gift from Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe, Class of 1964H, by exchange
2016.63.16
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Publication History
Roger Arvid Anderson, The Roger Arvid Anderson Collection, Medals, Medallions, Plaquettes and Small Reliefs, Paintings, Sculpture, Works on Paper and Textiles, San Francisco: Roger Arvid Anderson (published privately), design by David L. Wilson, 2015, p. 209.
Emerson Bowyer, David d'Angers: Making the Modern Monument, New York: The Frick Collection, 2013, 110 pp., ill. p. 26.
Provenance
Michael Hall Fine Arts, New York New York; sold to Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, April 29, 1980; lent to present collection, 2011; sold to present collection, 2016.
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