Medal of the Marquis de Lafayette by Jacques Edouard Gatteaux

Medal of the Marquis de Lafayette 1830

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egg art

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sculpture

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jewelry design

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mid-section and head portrait

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men

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This bronze medal, created by Jacques Edouard Gatteaux in 1830, honors the Marquis de Lafayette, a prominent figure in the American and French Revolutions. The medal features a profile portrait of Lafayette, with his birth year (1757) and the year the medal was created (1830) inscribed around his head. This commemorative medal is a testament to Lafayette's enduring legacy as a champion of liberty and democracy. The piece, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is an example of a 19th-century medal, a popular form of commemorative art.

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