Joseph H. Hirshhorn: Collector for a Nation, Part II

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Sold by the Order of the Trustees of The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden to Benefit its Acquisition Program

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers

Five Portrait Medallions of French Painters including Alfred Johannot, Antoine-Jean Gros, Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois, François Gérard, and Léon Cogniet

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April 6, 02:52 PM GMT

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1,000 - 1,500 USD

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Sold by the Order of the Trustees of The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden to Benefit its Acquisition Program

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers

1788 - 1856

Five Portrait Medallions of French Painters including Alfred Johannot, Antoine-Jean Gros, Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois, François Gérard, and Léon Cogniet

one signed and dated David 1831 and inscribed Alfred Johannot

one signed and dated P.J. David 1832 and inscribed A.J. Gros

one signed and dated David 1835 and inscribed EB Langloire du Pont de l'Arche

one signed and dated David 1837 and inscribed F. Gerard

one signed and dated David 1831 and inscribed Leon Cognet Pictor

bronze with dark brown patina

diameters: from 5 4/5 to 6 9/10 inches (14.7 to 17.5 cm)

For Cognet, Johannot and Gros Medallions:
Victor Hugo, Paris (sold: Hugo Household Estate, Paris, June 8, 1852)
Private collection, Paris, 1976
Jacques Fisher, Paris
Shepherd Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner in 1976

For Langloire and Gerard Medallions:
Galerie Fischer-Kiener, Paris
Acquired by the present owner in 1980

For Cognet, Johannot and Gros Medallions:
Sidney Lawrence, “Three Hirshhorn Acquisitions Reveal Unusual Histories” The Smithsonian Torch, no. 77-5, May 1977
H.W. Janson and Peter Fusco eds., The Romantics to Rodin: French Nineteenth Century Sculpture from North American Collections, Los Angeles, California, 1980, pp. 214-217, fig. 95, illustrated

For Cognet, Johannot and Gros Medallions:
Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Acquisitions: 1974-1977, March - July 1977
Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minneapolis Institute of Art; Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts; Indianapolis, Indiana, Indianapolis Museum of Art, The Romantics to Rodin: French Nineteenth Century Sculpture from North American Collections, February 1980 - May 1981

For Langloire Medallion:
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Museum of Art, Sculptures from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, August 1984 - August 1985