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Jacques Antoine Dassier

Charles de Secondat, Baron of La Brède and Montesquieu, 1689-1755, Philosophical Historian [obverse], 1753

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 13A

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.)
gross weight: 83.1 gr (0.183 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

Accession Number

1997.114.6.a

Artists / Makers

Jacques Antoine Dassier (medalist) Swiss, 1715 - 1759

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Inscription

around circumference: CAROL.DE SECONDAT BARO DE MONTESQVIEV.

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. 906, repro.

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