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Jean Duvivier

Fame Blowing Her Trumpet [reverse], 1717

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.)
gross weight: 88.73 gr (0.196 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa Unger Baskin

Accession Number

2002.146.5.b

Artists / Makers

Jean Duvivier (medalist) French, 1687 - 1761

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Inscription

around circumference: VIRES ACQUIRIT EUNDO; in exergue: LUTET.PARISI. / M.D.CC.XVII.

Provenance

Purchased c. 1960/1985 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 2002 to NGA.

Associated Names

Baskin, Lisa

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 888, repro.

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