Allegory of Marriage [reverse]

1793

Daniel Friedrich Loos

Medalist, German, 1735 - 1819

Friedrich Wilhelm Loos

Medalist, German, c. 1767 - 1816/1819

Daniel Friedrich Loos and Friedrich Wilhelm Loos

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    silver

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 4.27 cm (1 11/16 in.)
    gross weight: 27.98 gr (0.062 lb.)
    axis: 12:00

  • Accession Number

    1997.114.20.b

Associated Artworks

Marriage Medal of Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia and Princess Louise Augusta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz [obverse]

Daniel Friedrich Loos, Friedrich Wilhelm Loos

1793

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. 932, repro.

Inscriptions

around circumference: GESEGNET SEY DURCH IHN EIN GANZES VOLK!; in exergue: VERMAEHLT IN BERLIN / DEN 24 DECEMB. / 1793 (May a whole people be blessed through you; married in Berlin 24 December 1793)

Wikidata ID

Q63861708

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