Antimaconic Bas Relief In Bronze In The Image Of Marat, "the Friend Of The People". Bush 1868

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Object description :

"Antimaconic Bas Relief In Bronze In The Image Of Marat, "the Friend Of The People". Bush 1868"

Antimaconic bas relief in bronze, like Jean-Paul Marat 1743/1793.
Marat, seen from the left, wearing the phrygian cap with revolutionary cockade.
Signed: Buisson 1868.
Under the bust; "l'ami du peuple".
Behind the neck: "ne pouvant le coronpre ils lont assassiné" as well as the level, a freemason symbol, crossed by a knife.
Diameter: 213 mm.

Jean-Paul Marat, born May 24, 1743 in Boudry (Principality of Neuchâtel), assassinated on July 13, 1793 in Paris, is a French doctor, physicist, journalist and politician.
He was a mountain deputy at the Convention at the time of the revolution.
His assassination by Charlotte Corday allows the hebertists to make him a martyr of the revolution and to install his remains in the Pantheon for a few months.

Price: 280 €

Artist: Buisson 1868
Period: 19th century
Style: Napoleon 3rd
Condition: Excellent condition

Diameter: 21,3 cm

Reference: 604638