Inscription [reverse]
André Galle
1820
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Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 5.67 cm (2 1/4 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Faya Causey in memory of Philip Conisbee
Accession Number
2012.108.6.b
About the Artist
André Galle
André Galle (1761–1844) was a distinguished French engraver and medallist whose career spanned the Revolutionary, Napoleonic, and Restoration periods, making him a witness to and chronicler of some of the most dramatic decades in French history. Born in Saint-Étienne and spending his professional life in Paris, Galle specialized in the production of medals, seals, and stamps—small-scale works of c...