Queen Marie-Antoinette Led to the Guillotine [reverse]

1793

Conrad Heinrich Küchler

Medalist, German, active 1763 - 1821

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On View

NGA, West Building, G-013-A

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.)
    gross weight: 44.18 gr (0.097 lb.)
    axis: 12:00

  • Accession

    1997.114.18.b

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1997 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2007

  • Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 931, repro.

Inscriptions

around circumference: ALTERA VENIT VICTIMA (a second victim comes); in exergue: XVI. OCT. / MDCCXCIII

Wikidata ID

Q63861696

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