Joseph H. Hirshhorn: Collector for a Nation, Part II
Joseph H. Hirshhorn: Collector for a Nation, Part II
Sold by the Order of the Trustees of The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden to Benefit its Acquisition Program
Eight Portrait Medallions depicting artists, authors, and actors including Xavier Sigalon, Henrietta Smithson, Jules-Robert Auguste, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meurice, Louise Astoud-Trolley, and Adele Hugo in a large wooden frame
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Sold by the Order of the Trustees of The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden to Benefit its Acquisition Program
Antoine-Augustin Préault
1809 - 1879
Eight Portrait Medallions depicting artists, authors, and actors including Xavier Sigalon, Henrietta Smithson, Jules-Robert Auguste, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meurice, Louise Astoud-Trolley, and Adele Hugo in a large wooden frame
each medallion inscribed Preault and four dated 1856, 1857, 1860, and 1862
patinated plaster
each, diameter: 19 inches (48.3 cm)
framed: 56 by 109 ¾ inches (142.2 by 278.8 cm)