Maria of Burgundy, died 1482, Wife of Maximilian of Austria 1477 [reverse]
1477
Sculptor, Italian, French school, before 1450 - c. 1499
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 4.88 cm (1 15/16 in.)
gross weight: 33.42 gr (0.074 lb.)
axis: 6:00 -
Accession
1957.14.819.b
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his heirs; purchased with the entire Dreyfus collection 9 July 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); sold 31 January 1944 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[1] gift 1957 to NGA.
[1] The Duveen Brothers Records document the firm’s sixteen year pursuit and eventual acquisition of the Dreyfus collection, which included paintings, sculptures, small bronzes, medals, and plaquettes. Bequeathed as part of his estate to Dreyfus’ widow and five children (a son and four daughters), who had differing opinions about its disposition, the collection was not sold until after his widow’s death in April 1929. Duveen did not wish to separate Dreyfus’ collection of small bronzes, medals, and plaquettes, and it was sold intact to the Kress Foundation for a price that was met by installment payments every three months. (Duveen Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: reel 301, box 446, folders 3 and 4; reel 302, box 447, folders 1-6; reel 303, box 448, folders 1 and 2; reel 330, box 475, folder 4.) See also George Francis Hill’s discussion "A Note on Pedigrees" in his catalogue, The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Medals, Oxford, 1931: xii, which was commissioned by Duveen Brothers.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1994
The Currency of Fame: Portrait Medals of the Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; The Frick Collection, New York; National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1994-1995, no. 37a, repro.
Bibliography
2007
Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 1:no. 259, repro.
2012
Karaskova, Olga. "'Ung Dressoir de Cinq Degrez': Mary of Burgundy and the Construction of the Images of the Female Ruler." In Authority and Gender in Medieval and Renaissance Chronicles. Edited by Nicholas Sparks and Juliana Dresvina. Cambridge, 2012: 318-343, esp. 336-337, where the medal is discussed without reference to a particular example; 343 fig. 8 illustrates an example in Antwerp.
Inscriptions
around circumference: MARIA KAROLI F[ilia] DVX BVRGVNDIAE AVSTRIAE BRAB[antiae] C[omitissa] FLAN[driae]; center left interlaced and crowned: M M
Wikidata ID
Q63847399