Charles de Brouckère, 1796-1860, Mayor of Brussels 1848 [obverse]
1854
Artist, Belgian, 1796 - 1864
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
Gift of Mark and Lynne Hammerschlag in honor of Nicholas Penny
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 8.75 cm (3 7/16 in.)
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Accession
2008.113.2.a
Associated Artworks
The Cholera Epidemics of 1849 and 1854 [reverse]
Joseph-Pierre Braemt
1854
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(David and Constance Yates, New York); purchased 2008 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2009
The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, 2009-2010, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
1918
Weber, Frederick Parkes. Aspects of Death and Correlated Aspects of Life in Art, Epigram, and Poetry. Contributions Towards an Anthology and an Iconography of the Subject. Illustrated especially by medals, engraved gems, jewels, ivories, antique pottery, &c. London, 1918: 570.
Inscriptions
around circumference: CHARLES DE BROUCKERE BOURGMtre DE BRUXELLES [Charles de Brouckère, Mayor of Brussels]; below truncation: BRAEMT F. [Braemt made this]
Wikidata ID
Q63864152