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Lazare-Nicholas-Marguerite Carnot (1753-1823)
David d'Angersca. 1838
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Lazare-Nicholas-Marguerite Carnot (1753-1823), French statement and scientist, served as a deputy to the Legislative Assembly in 1791, as a member of the Convention in 1792, and as a minister of war from 1793 to 1795. He was a member of the Directory in 1795, and of the Tribunate from 1802-1807, governor of Antwerp in 1814, and minister of the interior under Napoleon. He authored "Sur la métaphysique du calcul infinitésimal" in 1797 and "De la défense des places fortes" 1801. He died in Magdebourg in 1823.
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- Title: Lazare-Nicholas-Marguerite Carnot (1753-1823)
- Creator: Pierre-Jean David d'Angers (French, 1788-1856)
- Date Created: ca. 1838
- 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: David; [Inscription] On left: Carnot; [Inscription] On obverse: FUMIÈRE / ET CIE SUCRS - THIEBAUT FRES / PARIS
- Dimensions: Diam: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters
- Classification: Metal
- Accession Number: 54.828
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