Bronze

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	The Grand Condé, 1817 Bronze 35.6 x 17.5 x 14 cm Private collection Cat. 19 In 1816, David received a commission for a statue commemorating the seventeenth-century French general known as the Grand Condé (1621–1683). In this, his first major state commission, David defied the conventional repose and heroic nudity of neoclassicism. Presenting a figure garbed in extravagant historical costume and engaged in dramatic action, The Grand Condé captures a pivotal... MORE »
	Monument to Bonchamps, 1824 Bronze 19.7 x 22.9 x 14 cm Inscribed on front of base, Grâce pour les prisonniers, Bonchamp le veut; on rear of base, Froment-Meurice ciseleur à son ami Wasselin Desfosses 14 Juin 1854 Collection Dr. and Mrs. Michael Schlossberg Cat. 20 This statuette is a reduced version of David’s marble statue commemorating Charles-Artus de Bonchamps (1760– 1793), a royalist general who died in the aftermath of the French Revolution (Church of Saint Florent-le-Vieil, Maineet- Loire). A critical success at the Paris Salon of 1824, the sculpture depicts the mortally wounded general delivering his last words: a command for his troops to... MORE »
	Jean-Antoine-Dominique Ingres, 1826 Bronze, irregular edges 9.7 cm diameter Collection Dr. and Mrs. Michael Schlossberg Cat. 21
	François-Marius Granet, 1827 Bronze 12.8 cm diameter Collection W. Mark Brady, New York Cat. 22
	Cecilia Odescalchi, ca. 1828 Bronze 15.5 cm diameter Inscribed, roma; dated, 1815; stamped on reverse, 349 Private collection Cat. 23 This idealized portrait medallion records the features of David’s first love, Cecilia Odescalchi, a young noblewoman he met while studying in Rome (1812–16). Their ill-fated relationship concluded abruptly with Cecilia’s removal to a convent, where she soon died. Although dated 1815, the portrait is adapted from a bas-relief made by the artist in 1828. Even in death, Cecilia remained David’s... MORE »
	Eugène Delacroix, 1828 Bronze 10.5 cm diameter Foundry mark, Richard Private collection Cat. 24
	Victor Hugo, 1828 Bronze 10.7 cm diameter Foundry mark, Eck et Durand Collection Frances Beatty and Allen Adler Cat. 25 French poet, novelist, and dramatist (1802–1885)
	Émile Deschamps, 1829 Bronze 12 cm diameter Collection Carol and Herbert Diamond Cat. 26
	Alexandre Dumas, 1829 Bronze 15 cm diameter Foundry marks, Richard frères; Eck et Durand; stamped on reverse, 165 Private collection Cat. 27 French novelist (1802–1870)
	Frédéric Louis Zacharie Werner, ca. 1830s Bronze 15 cm diameter Private collection Cat. 28 German dramatist and poet (1768–1823)
	Théodore Géricault, 1830 Bronze 14.8 cm diameter Stamped on reverse, three illegible nos. Collection Wheelock Whitney III Cat. 29 French painter (1791–1824)
	Louise Swanton-Belloc, 1830 Lead or pewter 13 cm diameter Collection Dr. Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher Cat. 30 French novelist (1796–1881)
	Alfred de Musset, 1831 Bronze 15.9 cm diameter Collection Frances Beatty and Allen Adler Cat. 31 French poet and playwright (1810–1857)
	The Abbé de Lamennais, 1831 Bronze Approximately 15.5 cm diameter Private collection Cat. 32
	François Arago, 1832 Bronze 15 cm diameter Private collection Cat. 33 French astronomer, mathematician, and politician (1786–1853)