# The Tragic Actress Rachel

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BARRE, Jean-Jacques](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/barre-jean-jacques-r8d535f30395350>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Ivory on gilded-bronze base, 44 x 14 cm

## Commentary

Romantic portraiture conventions also affected professional medalists. Jean-Jacques Barre was the most distinguished of these craftsmen in the post-Napoleonic period.

## Attribution

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