Vincent Alfred Acadie dit BARON (1820-1892) Jean-Gaspard Deburau (1797-1847) A medallion in plaster - A medallion in bronze The first one bears the inscription " JG DEBUREAU born on July 21, 1796. Died in Paris on June 18, 1846" on the rim. The second one bears the inscription " J.G. DEBUREAU. Born in Newkolm (Bohemia) on July 31st 1796. Died in Paris on June 18, 1846" on the circumference and the mark of the founder on the garment "cast by Boyer. rue du chemin vert 37". Diam. Plaster : 65 cm Diam. Bronze : 63 cm Provenance: Succession Deburau, Hôtel des ventes d'Évreux, 28 June 2015, n° 220 to 223. Exhibition: Paris, Salon de 1849, no. 2102, "Idem [Portrait] de feu Deburau" (the handwritten entry register indicates "1 plaster medallion" for the portrait of Jean-Gaspard Deburau. Jean-Gaspard Deburau was a mime who played at the Théâtre des Funambules from 1820 until his death. It is in the role of Pierrot that he plays in a romantic spirit that he becomes famous. He was then the star of the whole of Paris. When he died in 1846, his son Jean Charles took over. Vincent-Alfred Baron was both a sculptor and an actor. He entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1837 and exhibited at the Salon between 1849 and 1861. During this period, he entered various Parisian theaters such as the Odeon, the Ambigu, the Gaité or the Porte Saint-Martin where he became the head of equipment. It was during his first participation in the Salon of 1849 that he exhibited the plaster medallion representing Jean-Gaspard Deburau.