Pegasus Soaring above Parnassus [reverse]
c. 1815
Medalist
after Johann Gottfried Schadow
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 9.11 cm (3 9/16 in.)
gross weight: 246.61 gr (0.544 lb.)
axis: 6:00 -
Accession Number
2000.158.15.b
Associated Artworks
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832 [obverse]
Anonymous Artist
1809
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Purchased c. 1960/1985 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 2000 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. 934, repro.
Inscriptions
around circumference in Greek: (Now then, to flight, my dear poetic steed!)
Wikidata ID
Q63861594