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The image shows a circular bronze medallion featuring a profile portrait of a man looking to the left. The man has curly hair, a youthful face, and is dressed in a formal coat with a high collar and a cravat. The medallion has a smooth, polished finish and is inscribed with text around the edge.
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The image shows a circular bronze medallion featuring a profile portrait of a man looking to the left. The man has curly hair, a youthful face, and is dressed in a formal coat with a high collar and a cravat. The medallion has a smooth, polished finish and is inscribed with text around the edge.

National Gallery of Art · Sculpture

Achille-Etna Michallon, 1796-1822, French Painter [obverse]

Nicolas Pierre Tiolier

Date
1823
Medium
copper
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 5.13 cm (2 in.) gross weight: 69.4 gr (0.153 lb.)
Classification
Sculpture · Medal/Medallion
Accession number
2019.45.4.a
Credit line
Gift of the Estate of William B. Jordan
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CSD
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Romantic
  • bust facing left
  • portrait
  • Acquired after publication of Medals
  • Michallon, Achille-Etna
Provenance

William B. Jordan [d. 2018], Dallas; bequest 2019 to NGA.

Inscription

around circumference, "RE" in superscript: A.E.MICHALLON EX-PENS.RE DE L'ACAD.DE FRANCE A ROME NÉ EN 1797.MORT EN 1822.; under truncation: N.P.TIOLIER.F.

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