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Creative Commons License
Profile Head of Hugues Joseph Gamot
1717-1786
terracotta
(18th and 19th Centuries )
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This terracotta medallion is pierced for hanging and is without a legend. The piece has several minor chips. It depicts Hugues Joseph Gamot, engraver to the king.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Muhlbacher [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Paris, May 1907, no. 203; Walters Art Museum, 1946, by purchase.
Exhibitions
| 2009-2010 | Portrait Medallions of Jean-Baptiste Nini. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Diam: 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1946
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
27.513