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Pierre Regnier

Louis XIII, 1601-1643, King of France 1610 [obverse], 1624

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 13A

Medium

gilded bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 3.26 cm (1 5/16 in.)
gross weight: 19.76 gr (0.044 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

Accession Number

1992.55.15.a

Artists / Makers

Pierre Regnier (medalist) French, c. 1577 - 1640

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Inscription

around circumference: .LVD[OVICUS].XIII.D[EI].G[RATIA].FRANCORVM.ET.NAVARAE.REX. (Louis XIII, by the grace of God King of France and of Navarre)

Provenance

Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1992 to NGA.

Associated Names

Baskin, Leonard
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. 655, repro.

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