Lot n° 232
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EUR
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Result
: 180EUR
FRANÇOIS-THÉODORE RUHIERRE (1808-1884)
Portrait... - Lot 232 - Lucien Paris
FRANÇOIS-THÉODORE RUHIERRE (1808-1884)
Portrait of Maximilien-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre
Bas-relief in medallion, in embossed copper, bearing the inscription: "The only torment of the righteous, in his last hour / And the only one I will be torn from
then I will be torn / Is to see, in dying, the pale and dark envy / Distill on my forehead the opprobrium and infamy / To die for the people and be
for the people and to be abhorred by them" (Maximilien Robespierre, 26 May 1794).
19,8 x 15,8 cm.
Framed in molded wood painted in black.
31 x 27 cm.
REFERENCES.
A similar bronze medallion is kept in the collections of the Carnavalet Museum in Paris.
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