1832, France. BOULAY DE LA MEURTHE, Magistrate and Politician. By David D?Angers. Uniface, possibly later cast. Bronze 113mm. OBV: High-relief head facing left. Reinis 66. Some small piercings at the top. $150. Sorry, SOLD. —————– Pierre-Jean David, known as David d?Angers, was born at Angers on March 12 1788. His father was a sculptor. David studied under Marchand and Jean-Jacques Delusse at l??cole centrale d?Angers between 1806 and 1807. In 1811 he won the Grand Prix de Rome for a bas relief of ?Mort d??paminondas.? After his stay in Rome, he traveled through France to London, where he met Flaxman and worked with him on a monument to the Duke of Wellington. He returned to France in 1818 He quickly established his reputation and was made a chevalier de la L?gion d’honneur in 1825 and was elected as a member of l?Institut de France in the following year. He served as a professor at l??cole des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He is celebrated for many sculptures, but especially for his extensive series of portrait medallions. David died in Paris on January 6 1856,