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Lot 384: KLÉBER, JEAN-BAPTISTE (1753-1800, French general)

Est: £300 GBP - £400 GBPSold:
BonhamsLondon, United KingdomMarch 29, 2011

Item Overview

Description

PORTRAIT BY PIERRE-JEAN DAVID D'ANGERS (1788-1856), bronze uniface medallion, head in profile in high relief facing right, signed 'David' and dated 1831, Kléber's name in the field (no facsimile signature), 6? inches (174 mm) diameter, 1831

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Notes


D'Angers wrote of Kléber: 'A soldier with a heart of lead and a head of bronze.'

REFERENCE: J.G. Reinis, The Portrait Medallions of David D'Angers, 1999.

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