Keywords: Pierre-Jean David d'Angers - Pierre-Jean de Béranger - Walters 54845.jpg Pierre-Jean de Béranger French poet was born in Paris in 1780 He enjoyed great popularity as a lyric poet writing political amatory philosophical and satirical songs the first collection published in 1815 He held a clerkship at the Imperial University until 1821 and for expressing his Bonapartist and republican sympathies in 1821 and 1828 he was twice prosecuted under the Bourbon Restoration Béranger was elected to the Constituent Assembly from the department of the Seine in 1848 and he died in Paris in 1857 1830 bronze Diam cm 13 3 accession number 54 845 35197 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Bottom center DAVID; Date Bottom center 1830; Inscription On right J P DE BERANGER place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Sculptures of Pierre-Jean de Béranger Medals by Pierre Jean David Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Medallions in the Walters Art Museum |