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Sebastian Burger

Insel Hospital, Bern [reverse], 1818

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Medium

tin alloy

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 5.14 cm (2 in.)
gross weight: 68.44 gr (0.151 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa Unger Baskin

Accession Number

2002.146.2.b

Artists / Makers

Sebastian Burger (medalist) Swiss, 1791 - 1848

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Inscription

around circumference: HABEN IHR PFUND WOHL ANGEWENDET; in exergue: DURCH STIFTUNG / DAS INSEL SPITHALS / IN BERN NEU ERBAUET / MDCCXVIII

Provenance

Purchased c. 1960/1985 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 2002 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. 908, repro.

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