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1966.137.174.a

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Albert Dumont

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Artist

Jules Clément Chaplain (Mortagne, 1839 - 1909)

Title

Albert Dumont

Creation Date

1884

Century

19th century

Dimensions

3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, France

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.137.174.a

Object Description

314 ALBERT DUMONT (1842-84), French historian of ancient Greece 1884

Obv. Bust to left. Around, ALBERT . DUMONT . M[superscript BRE] L'INSTITUT . DIRECTEUR DE L'ENSEIGNEMENT . SUPERIEUR; in field, J . C | CHAPLAIN and 1842 | 1884
Rev. Draped female figure raising her veil, standing amid classical ruins and artifacts. Around, AGREGATION D'HISTOIRE .
Bronze, cast, 98 mm.

Dumont and Chaplain were friends who fought together in the Franco-Prussian War. Chaplain did the drawings for Dumont's study, Les ceramiques de la Grece propre.

Bibl.: Forrer i, p. 403.