Marceline Valmore

Pierre Jean David d'Angers French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 552

David d'Angers wrote of the poet Valmore (1786-1859): "Nothing compares to this woman. Her face is ugly, yet she is admirable," adding, "I am ashamed when I look at the medallion I made of her."

Marceline Valmore, Pierre Jean David d'Angers (French, Angers 1788–1856 Paris), Bronze, French

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