Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Monument to Dominique Jean Larrey
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Preferred Title:
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Monument to Dominique Jean Larrey
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Alternate Title:
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Statue of Dominique-Jean, Baron Larrey
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Image View:
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Overall view, bas-relief of Battle of Austerlitz (bronze, 75 m high)
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Creator:
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Pierre-Jean David d'Angers (French sculptor, 1788-1856)
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Location:
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site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Location Note:
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Courtyard of Val-de-Grâce military hospital (Musée du Service de Santé des Armées), 1 Place Alphonse Laveran
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GPS:
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+48.841050+2.341233
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Date:
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1846, erected 1850 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Nineteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Work Type 2:
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monument
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Work Type 3:
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bas-relief (sculpture)
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Classification:
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sculpture
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Material:
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bronze, marble base
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Technique:
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carving (processes); casting (process)
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Measurements:
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3.23 m (height)
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Description:
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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)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Nine
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Identifier:
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6A1-ANGERS-DJL-B12
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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