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Georges Couthon (1755-94)
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Couthon was originally a supporter of a constitutional monarchy for France, but he became associated with Maximilien Robespierre and was named president of the Convention in 1793. Together with Robespierre he introduced the Reign of Terror. Couthon was guillotined in 1794. The inscription reads in translation, "Couthon: God and the law, virtue, and probity are the order of the day, [there can be] no Republic without morals, without patriotism, [and] without Virtue."
Inscription
Provenance
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William A. McCarty-Cooper; Christie's, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph G. Reinis, New York, January 22, 1992, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2006, by gift.
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Approx. Diam: 5 1/2 in. (13.97 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Joseph G. Reinis, 2006
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
59.796