Barras participated in the overthrow of maximilien robespierre, who had instituted the reign of terror (september 1793-july 1794), the most brutal phase if the french revolution in which many thousands of people were executed. It was barras, in 1795, who ordered general bonaparte to disperse a crowd of counterrevolutionaries in paris with cannon fire. Date: 19th century. Place of creation: Paris, France. Dimensions: Diam: 15.2 cm (15.2 cm). Medium: bronze. Collection: Walters Art Museum.
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