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1669

Charles-Jean-François Chéron

Medalist, French, 1635 - 1698

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lisa Unger Baskin

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.)
    gross weight: 109.15 gr (0.241 lb.)
    axis: 12:00

  • Accession

    2002.146.4.b

Associated Artworks

Pietro da Cortona, 1596-1669, Italian Painter [obverse]

Charles-Jean-François Chéron

1669


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased c. 1960/1985 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 2002 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. 883, repro.

Inscriptions

below the figure: F.CHERON.F.R.; around circumference: BENE.SVPER.VIRTVS.TE.CORONAT.ANAGR.

Wikidata ID

Q63861687


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