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Marc-Guillaume-Albert Vadier (1736-1828)
David d'Angers1818
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Vadier, a politician and member of the Convention-a constitutional and legislative assembly-called for the trial and execution of King Louis XVI in 1791. During the Thermidorean Reaction, a revolt within the revolutionary movement in which the excesses of the Reign of Terror were denounced, he had the radical Maximilien Robespierre brought to trial and executed.
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- Title: Marc-Guillaume-Albert Vadier (1736-1828)
- Creator: Pierre-Jean David d'Angers (French, 1788-1856)
- Date Created: 1818
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: Pierre-Jean David d'Angers (French, 1788-1856)
- Provenance: Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Object Type: medallions (medals); portraits
- Medium: bronze
- Inscriptions: [Signature] Bottom center: P.J. David; [Date] Bottom center: 1818; [Inscription] On left: Vadier député pour le peuple; [Inscription] On right: français a l'assemblée constituante et à / la convention; [Inscription] On obverse: FUMIÈRE / ET CIE SUCRS - THIEBAUT FRES / PARIS
- Geography: Place of Origin: Paris
- Dimensions: Diam: 6 in. (15.3 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters
- Classification: Metal
- Accession Number: 54.823
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