Inscription [reverse], 1826

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 4.13 cm (1 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Faya Causey in memory of Philip Conisbee

Accession Number

2012.108.8.b

Artists / Makers

Louis Michel Petit (artist) French, 1791 - 1844

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Inscription

around circumference: JOSEPH VERNET . CARLE VERNET . HORACE VERNET . CE NOM SEUL ILLUSTRERAIT TROIS VILLES; across the field, ON in superscript: GALERIE VERNET / VOTÉE ET ÉTABLIE / AU MUSÉUM CALVET / PAR LE CONSEIL MUNICIPAL / DE LA BONNE VILLE D'AVIGNON / LE 18 MARS 1826. / LE B.ON DE MONTFAUCON / MAIRE.

Provenance

Philip Conisbee [1946-2008]; his wife, Faya Causey, Washington, D.C.; gift 2012 to NGA.

Associated Names

Causey, Faya
Conisbee, Philip