David D'ANGERS (1788-1856) - Lot 10

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David D'ANGERS (1788-1856) - Lot 10
David D'ANGERS (1788-1856) Profile portrait of François-René de Chateaubriand Bronze medallion with brown patina. Signed and dated DAVID / 1830, titled CHATEAUBRIAND. On the reverse, the mark of the founder Eck et Durand, numbered 2207 and the number 252 in red pencil. D. 12,5 cm A terracotta medallion with a profile of a man, bearing a difficult-to-read signature ... Chappuy / ..., D. 14.5 cm RELATED WORKS : David d'Angers, Portrait of François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand (1768-1848), writer, 1820, bronze medallion, inscription on the right CHATEAUBRIAND, signed and dated DAVID / 1820, signature in hollow of the founder Richard Frères on the reverse, D. 14.5 cm, Paris, Musée Carnavalet, inv. S324; David d'Angers, Chateaubriand, 1830, medallion, bronze, inscriptio on the left CHATEAUBRIAND, signed DAVID / 1830, cast by Richard Frères, D. 12,8 cm, Paris, Musée du Louvre, inv. RF 3044. This medallion presents the profile of the most romantic of writers, François-René de Chateaubriand, portrayed by the most romantic of sculptors, David d'Angers. This work was cast during the artist's lifetime by the rare foundryman Eck et Durand.
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