Alexandre Falguière

Medalist: Victor Peter French

1899

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 556

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Title: Alexandre Falguière
Artist: Medalist: Victor Peter (French, Paris 1840–1918 Paris)
Date: 1899
Culture: French
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: Diameter: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm)
Classification: Medals and Plaquettes
Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of Gwynne M. Andrews, by exchange, 1991
Object Number: 1991.241.1
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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