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Personification of the City of Metz

Jean-Louis Le Gregoire (French, 1840-1890) (Sculptor)
1871
cast silvered bronze
(18th and 19th Centuries )

The subject of this bust is shown frontally with her head turned to the right. The figure wears a crown of broken fortress walls and a cord draped over her shoulder and underneath her left bust. There is a wound mark under the nape of her neck.

Inscription

[Date] On base: 1871; [Transcription] On base: METZ.; [Signature] Left edge: L.GREGOIRE.; [Stamp] On back of neck: Susse Fres, P.

Provenance
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Amos Judd and Son, Inc., Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, September 1983, by purchase.

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Geographies

France (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 19 3/4 in. (50.2 cm)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, 1983

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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27.591

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