Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, 1611-1675, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France 1643 [obverse]
Henri Auguste
1800
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Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 5 cm (1 15/16 in.) gross weight: 58.34 gr (0.129 lb.) axis: 12:00
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Lisa Unger Baskin
Accession Number
2002.146.1.a
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Henri Auguste · 1759–1816
**Henri Auguste (1759–1816)** was a leading Parisian gold- and silversmith renowned for his elegant neoclassical and Empire-style works in *orfèvrerie*. As the only son of the royal goldsmith Robert-Joseph Auguste (1723–1805), he assumed ownership of his father’s workshop in 1784–85 and carried forward the family tradition of refined, classically inspired silverware. Auguste collaborated closely ...