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A father’s tears: the image of Brutus in the Dassiers’ medallic history of the Roman Republic
03/2008 | 1260 | 150
Pages: 166-172
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Author:
Eisler, William (Eisler, William)
Subjects
artists:
Dassier, Antoine / Dassier, Jacques-Antoine / Dassier, Jean
artists:
David, Jacques-Louis
dates:
1740-1749
museums and institutions:
Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva, Switzerland
print:
Dassier, Jean
print:
Medals
subjects:
Medals / Roman iconography / Collections, Public / Silverwork
subjects:
Brutus, Lucius Junius, act. 509 B.C.
Illustrations
Attributed works:
15. Lictors returning to Brutus the bodies of his sons, by Jacques-Louis David. 1789. Canvas, 323 by 422 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Attributed works:
16a and b. Medal of Oath of Brutus / Rome free under the consuls, by Jean Dassier and sons. c.1740–48. Silver, 3.2 cm. diameter. (Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva)
Attributed works:
17a and b. Medal of Brutus / Judgment of Brutus, by Jean Dassier and sons. c.1740–48. Silver, 3.2 cm. diameter. (Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva)
Attributed works:
18a and b. Medal of Brutus / Assassination of Caesar, by Jean Dassier and sons. c.1740–48. Silver, 3.2 cm. diameter. (Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva)
Attributed works:
19a and b. Medal of Louis Le Fort, by Jean Dassier. 1734. Gilt bronze, 5.7 cm. diameter. (Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva)
Attributed works:
20. The death of Lucretia, by Gavin Hamilton. 1763–67. Canvas, 213 by 264 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven)