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The sculpture is a bronze rectangular medallion featuring the profile of two male busts facing to the left. One man has a long beard, and the other has a bald head with a trimmed beard. The figures are in high relief. At the top, above the men, the number "1890" is displayed. Below the busts, the text "SOCIÉTÉ NATIONALE DES BEAUX-ARTS" is inscribed, and to the right is a small circular emblem or badge with the initials "ALM". The bronze material gives the sculpture a warm, brownish copper color, with a smooth surface defining the features in a detailed and polished manner.

Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts: Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes [obverse]

Alexandre Charpentier (French, 1856 - 1909)

1890 · bronze

National Gallery of Art · Gift of Mark and Lynne Hammerschlag

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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