Inscription [reverse], 1737

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Medium

silver

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 5.24 cm (2 1/16 in.)
gross weight: 57.88 gr (0.128 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa Unger Baskin

Accession Number

2003.154.14.b

Artists / Makers

John Sigismund Tanner (medalist) English, born Germany, active 1728 - 1775

Image Use

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Inscription

across the field: E / MARMORE / IN ECCLESIA / SANCTI PETRI / APUD WESTMONASTERIUM / ERECTORE / GULIELMO BENSONO ARM: / ANNO SALUTIS HUMANAE / M DCC XXXVII. / RYSBRACHIUS / SCULPSIT. / *

Provenance

Purchased c. 1960/1985 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 2003 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. 947, repro.