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Artist:
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Joseph Chinard
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Title:
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Bust of General Guillaume Brune
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Date:
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c. 1800
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Medium:
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Terracotta, marble base
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Dimensions:
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28 3/8 x 18 1/2 in. (72.07 x 46.99 cm)
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Credit Line:
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The Christina N. and Swan J. Turnblad Memorial Fund and the Putnam Dana McMillan Fund
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Location:
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Gallery 310
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During the Napoleonic Wars of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, General Guillaume Brune served as Commander-in-Chief of French forces in Switzerland and Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Italy and the Ionian Islands.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Chinard, Joseph
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Role:
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Sculptor
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Nationality:
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French
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Life Dates:
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French, 1756-1813
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Sculpture
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Physical Description:
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General Brune, 1763-1815, was commander-in-chief of the army of Italy and of the French forces in Switzerland; in this portrait he wears 'petit uniforme' of a general of an artillery division
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Creation Place:
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Europe, France, , ,
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Accession #:
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77.31a,b
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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