Hippocrates and Dr. John Freind [reverse], 1728

Not on View

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.)
gross weight: 68.39 gr (0.151 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

Accession Number

1997.114.35.b

Artists / Makers

Ferdinand de Saint-Urbain (medalist) French, 1658 - 1738

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: MEDICINA.VETVS.ET.NOVA. (the art of healing, old and new); in left corner of exergue: SV.; in exergue: VNAM FACIMVS / VTRAMQVE. (let us practice one and the other)

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. 892, repro.