Saint John the Baptist, c. 1650

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 7.2 x 5.9 cm (2 13/16 x 2 5/16 in.) gross weight: 78 gr

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

Accession Number

1998.108.14

Artists / Makers

North Italian 17th Century (medalist)

Image Use

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Inscription

upper left: NON SV; across top: RE XIT; upper right: MAIOR (There has not arisen one greater); handwritten on round label on reverse: B.F.A.C. / J.P. Heseltine / 1912.; printed around circumference of a second round label on reverse: E.L.PAGET.COLLECTION; handwritten in center of Paget label: N.

Provenance

John Postle Heseltine [1843-1929], London.[1] E.L. Paget; (his estate sale, Sotheby's, London, 12 October 1949, "N").[2] Purchased c. 1960/1985 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1998 to NGA.

[1] According to a label on the reverse, Heseltine lent the medal to the Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, in 1912.

[2] There is a Paget collection label on the reverse.

Associated Names

Baskin, Lisa

Exhibition History

1912: Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1912.