Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner (1768-1823). Artist: Medalist: Pierre Jean David d'Angers (French, Angers 1788-1856 Paris). Culture: French. Dimensions: Diameter (confirmed): 6 in. (15.2 cm). Date: 19th century.Pierre-Jean David d'Angers was the most prolific and one of the most important French sculptors of the first half of the nineteenth century. Throughout his almost fifty-year career (1819-1856) David remained true to his conviction that sculptural monuments dedicated to the achievements of great men and women most permanently and vividly express the greatness of a people. He continuously sought commissions for monuments portraying historical and contemporary figures whom he admired in order to commit their contributions to posterity. His most famous public commission, the figurative pediment of the Pantheon in Paris (1830-1837), which commemorates great men and was dedicated by a grateful nation, exemplifies these life-long principles. David d'Angers extended his definition