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Conrad Heinrich Küchler

Commemoration of Marie-Antoinette: Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette [obverse], 1793

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G13-A

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.)
gross weight: 44.18 gr (0.097 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

Accession Number

1997.114.18.a

Artists / Makers

Conrad Heinrich Küchler (medalist) German, active 1763 - 1821

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Inscription

around circumference: LUD.XVI D:G.FR.ET NAV.REX.MAR.ANT.AUSTR.REG.; on truncation: C.H.K; below truncation: FATI INIQUI (of adverse fate ?)

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. 931, repro.

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