Title: Youthful portrait of Victor Hugo (1802–1885), French poet and novelist
Object type: Medallion
Date: 1828
Artist:  Pierre Jean David d'Angers 
Artist bio: French, Angers 1788–1856 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Bronze, brown patina, hollow cast
Dimensions: Diameter: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Classification: Medals and Plaquettes
Credit line: Gift of S.P. Avery, 1898
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Profiles, term: Poets