Fame Crowning Painting and Sculpture [reverse]

1848

Charles Cushing Wright

Engraver, American, 1796 - 1854

Paul Peter Duggan

Designer, American, c. 1800 - 1861

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Nancy and Merl Moore

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 6.42 cm (2 1/2 in.)
    gross weight: 139.4 gr (0.307 lb.)
    axis: 12:00

  • Accession

    2003.145.2.b

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Col. and Mrs. Merl Moore, Falls Church, Virginia; gift 2003 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. 956, repro.

Inscriptions

around circumference: AMERICAN ART-UNION; under fame's right foot: DUGGAN DEL.; below: 1848; in exergue in cursive: C.C. WRIGHT

Wikidata ID

Q63861683

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