Alphonse de Gisors (1796–1866), 1827, French, Bronze, Confirmed, irregular diameter: 4 7/16 × 4 1/2 × 5/8 in. (11.3 × 11.5 × 1.6 cm), Medals and Plaquettes, Medalist: Pierre Jean David d'Angers (French, Angers 1788–1856 Paris), Pierre-Jean David d’Angers was the most prolific and one of the most important French sculptors of the first half of the nineteenth century. Throughout his almost fifty-year career (1819–1856) David remained true to his conviction that sculptural monuments dedicated to the achievements of great men and women most permanently and vividly express the greatness of a people
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Alphonse de Gisors, 1796–1866, 1827, French, Bronze, Confirmed, irregular diameter, 4 7/16, 1/2, 5/8, 11.3, 11.5, 1.6 cm, Medals, Plaquettes, Medalist: Pierre Jean David d'Angers, Angers, 1788–1856, Paris, Pierre-Jean David, d’Angers, prolific, important French, sculptors, first half, nineteenth century, almost fifty-year, career, 1819–1856, David remained, true, conviction, sculptural monuments, dedicated, achievements, great men, women, permanently, vividly express, greatness, people
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