About the Artwork
Allegory of Defense
ca. 1879
Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière
1831-1900
French
Unknown
Bronze
Overall: 15 1/4 × 8 3/4 × 10 7/8 inches (38.7 × 22.2 × 27.6 cm)
Sculpture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Coleman Mopper in memory of Dr. Frederick J. Cummings
1990.382
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Markings
Signed, on back, on middle: FALGUIERE
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Foundry mark, on lower back: CIRE/PERDUE/A. HEBRARD
Provenance
Coleman Mopper Huntington Woods, Michigan, USA)
1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière, Allegory of Defense, ca. 1879, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Coleman Mopper in memory of Dr. Frederick J. Cummings, 1990.382.
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