Allegory of Marriage [reverse], 1793

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Medium

silver

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 4.27 cm (1 11/16 in.)
gross weight: 27.98 gr (0.062 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

Accession Number

1997.114.20.b

Artists / Makers

Daniel Friedrich Loos (medalist) German, 1735 - 1819

Friedrich Wilhelm Loos (medalist) German, c. 1767 - 1816/1819

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: GESEGNET SEY DURCH IHN EIN GANZES VOLK!; in exergue: VERMAEHLT IN BERLIN / DEN 24 DECEMB. / 1793 (May a whole people be blessed through you; married in Berlin 24 December 1793)

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. 932, repro.