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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Paris, Île-de-France, Franceen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1846, erected 1850 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorDavid d'Angers, Pierre-Jeanen_US
dc.date1846-1850en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-05T18:14:43Z
dc.date.available2015-01-05T18:14:43Z
dc.date.issued1846-1850en_US
dc.identifier255720en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3149en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/171654
dc.descriptionOverall view in the courtyard between Eglise Val-de-Grâce and the historic military hospital; Pierre-Jean David was a French sculptor and medallist. He adopted the name David d'Angers to distinguish himself from the painter Jacques-Louis David (who was an early mentor but no relation). The monument honors Dominique Jean Larrey (8 July 1766 -25 July 1842) who was surgeon-in-chief of the Napoleonic armies from Italy in 1797 to Waterloo in 1815 and an important innovator in battlefield medicine. He initiated the modern method of army surgery, triage, field hospitals and the system of army ambulance corps. The statue stands in the courtyard outside the historic Val-de-Grâce military hospital (now Musée du Service de Santé des Armées). The base is decorated with four bronze bas-reliefs (each 75 cm high) of Napoleonic battles; Beresina (Berezina), the Pyramids, Somosierra and Austerlitz. The monument was paid for by public subscription. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 4/30/2014)en_US
dc.format.mediumbronze, marble baseen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjecthuman figureen_US
dc.subjectmilitary or waren_US
dc.subjectportraiten_US
dc.subjectscientific or medicalen_US
dc.subjectLarrey, D. J. (Dominique Jean), baron, 1766-1842en_US
dc.subjectNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815en_US
dc.subjectNineteenth centuryen_US
dc.titleMonument to Dominique Jean Larreyen_US
dc.title.alternativeStatue of Dominique-Jean, Baron Larreyen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode6A1-ANGERS-DJL-A01en_US
vra.culturalContextFrenchen_US
vra.techniquecarving (processes), casting (process)en_US
vra.worktypesculpture (visual work)en_US
vra.worktypemonumenten_US
vra.worktypebas-relief (sculpture)en_US
dc.contributor.displayPierre-Jean David d'Angers (French sculptor, 1788-1856)en_US


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