Portrait medallion

1790

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Presumably of Texier, Canon of Chartres. Jean-Charles-Nicolas Brachard (1766–1830) after a drawing by Perrin. -a: Circular medallion with young clergyman's relief portrait bust in right profile; background painted blue. Incised on arm: Brachard fecit 1790; -b: almost round oval frame, gilded, with pearl molding; -c: gilded, glazed cover frame.

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Title: Portrait medallion
Date Created: 1790
Location Created: probably Sèvres, France
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: wood
Credit line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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