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Louis-Oscar Roty

Centennial of the Bank of France, 1800-1900 [obverse], 1900

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Medium

silver

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David and Constance Yates

Accession Number

2004.49.1.a

Artists / Makers

Louis-Oscar Roty (medalist) French, 1846 - 1911

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: .CENTENAIRE.DE LA.BANQUE.DE FRANCE.1800.1900; on truncation: O.Roty; on edge below truncation: ARGENT

Provenance

(David and Constance Yates, New York); gift 2004 to NGA.

Associated Names

Yates, David and Constance

Bibliography

2009: Parshall, Peter, et al. The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900. Exh. cat., Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago. Washington, D.C., 2009: 147, 148 fig. 10.

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