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Source Description
Augustin-Bon Joseph de Robespierre was a lawyer and brother of Maximilien Robespierre, the famous French revolutionary leader. Like his elder brother, he was guillotined in 1794. The inscription reads in translation, "I share my brother's virtues. I wish to share his fate. I demand a decree of arrest against me as well. (9 Thermidor)"
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Document identity
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33637
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Robespierre le Jeune (1764-1794)
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33637
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title
Robespierre le Jeune (1764-1794)
description
Augustin-Bon Joseph de Robespierre was a lawyer and brother of Maximilien Robespierre, the famous French revolutionary leader. Like his elder brother, he was guillotined in 1794. The inscription reads in translation, "I share my brother's virtues. I wish to share his fate. I demand a decree of arrest against me as well. (9 Thermidor)"
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century
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en
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Diam: 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
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inscriptions
[Signature] Bottom center: P.J. David; [Transcription] At left: JE PARTAGE LES / VERTUS DE MON FRERE.JE / VEUX PARTAGER SON SORT JE / DEMANDE AUSI LE DECRET D'ARRESTON / CONTRE MOI / (9 THERMIDOR); [Translation] At left: I share my brother's virtues. I wish to share his fate. I demand a decree of arrest against me as well; [Inscription] At right: Robespierre Jeune; [Inscription] On obverse: FUMIÈRE / ET CIE SUCRS - THIEBAUT FRES / PARIS
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bronze
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4989
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3099
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photo
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