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Jean Guillaume Moitte French
These are preparatory models for reliefs on the façade of the Palais de Salm-Kyrbourg, today the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur, Paris, one of the great gems of Neoclassical architecture.
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Title: Victory Writing on a Shield
Maker:
Jean Guillaume Moitte (French, Paris 1746–1810 Paris)
Date: 1789
Culture: French, Paris
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 18 7/16 × 6 1/16 × 6 1/4 in. (46.8 × 15.4 × 15.9 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Wrightsman Fund, 2012
Object Number: 2012.453
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