Louis XVI, 1754-1793, King of France 1774, 1783

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 13A

Medium

silver

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)
gross weight: 75 gr (0.165 lb.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mark Wilchusky in honor of Douglas Lewis and Sir John Pope-Hennessy

Accession Number

1995.49.15

Artists / Makers

Benjamin Duvivier (medalist) French, 1730 - 1819

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: LUDOVICO.XVI.FR.ET NAVAR.REGI OPTIMO (Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre); in exergue: COMITIA BURGUNDIE (Count of Burgundy); below truncation: B.DUVIVIER

Provenance

(Paul Bosco, New York); purchased 1994 by Mark Wilchusky, New York;[1] gift 1995 to NGA.

[1] Provenance from curator's acquisition proprosal.

Associated Names

Bosco, Paul
Wilchusky, Mark

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 672, repro.