Portrait medallion of Philippe-Antoine, comte Merlin, called Merlin de Douai (1754-1838), Jurisconsulte
Sculptor: David d'Angers, Pierre Jean
Profile portrait of Philippe-Antoine, comte Merlin, politician and leading jurist in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods
Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
Production date: circa AD 1833 : Date of original model: 1833. This version cast in or after 1833.
In the late 1820s, David d’Angers began a project executing portraits of the leading men and women of his time in the form of medallions, such as the present example, and busts. David produced over 500 medallions for his portrait pantheon, mostly large-scale, with the sitter shown in profile. The Musée Carnavalet, Paris, has 352 medallions by David from this series, including an example of the present one (no. S285).
Medallion
Diameter 16 cm
Frame
Diameter 19 cm
Casting (process)
: Bronze, cast, patinated
Patination
Accession number: M.7-2015
Primary reference Number: 201418
Old object number: 11
Former loan number: AAL.241-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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