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Jean Le Blanc

Atlas Supporting the Heavens [reverse], 1715

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 13A

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 4.15 cm (1 5/8 in.)
gross weight: 31.97 gr (0.07 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

Accession Number

1997.114.19.b

Artists / Makers

Jean Le Blanc (medalist) French, 1665/1667 - 1749

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Inscription

around circumference: PAR VIRTUS ONERI. (Virtue equal to his burden); in exergue: 1715.

Provenance

Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1997 to NGA.

Associated Names

Baskin, Lisa

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 887, repro.

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