Charles de Brouckère, 1796-1860, Mayor of Brussels 1848 [obverse], 1854

Not on View

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 8.75 cm (3 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mark and Lynne Hammerschlag in honor of Nicholas Penny

Accession Number

2008.113.2.a

Artists / Makers

Joseph-Pierre Braemt (artist) Belgian, 1796 - 1864

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: CHARLES DE BROUCKERE BOURGMtre DE BRUXELLES [Charles de Brouckère, Mayor of Brussels]; below truncation: BRAEMT F. [Braemt made this]

Provenance

(David and Constance Yates, New York); purchased 2008 by NGA.

Associated Names

Yates, David and Constance

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.