Victor Hugo (1802–1885)

Victor Hugo (1802–1885)

Jean-Désiré Ringel d'Illzach

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This piece is one of three medallions in the Museum's collection bearing Victor Hugo's portrait. The other two are by Pierre-Jean David d'Angers (98.7.45), dated 1828, and Jules-Clément Chaplain (93.10.52), dated 1885.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.