Medal of Corot
1874
Adolphe-Victor Geoffroy-Dechaume
Adolphe-Victor Geoffroy-Dechaume (French, 1816–1892)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Medal of Corot, 1874. Adolphe-Victor Geoffroy-Dechaume (French, 1816–1892). Gilt bronze, wood; diameter: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. A. W. Ciechanowiecki in honor of Dr. Sherman E. Lee 1983.157
- Maker/Artist
- Adolphe-Victor Geoffroy-Dechaume
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- gilt bronze, wood
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed on cut of neck in ligature: "Geoffroy Dechaume". Obverse inscribed: "A.COROT.SES.CONFRERES.ET.SES.ADMIRATEURS.IVIN.1874". Reverse inscribed: "TEMOIGNAGE.D'ADMIRATION.POUR.SON.OEUVRE.1822-1874.
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1983.157
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. A. W. Ciechanowiecki in honor of Dr. Sherman E. Lee
- Exhibitions
- The Year in Review for 1983, CMA 1984: "Year in Review 1983," Bulletin, LXXI (Feb. 1984), p. 68, no. 16
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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