Honor to Socrates [obverse], 1964

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 6.35 × 6.35 cm (2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Clyde C. Trees through subscription to the Society of Medalists)

Accession Number

2015.19.3785.a

Artists / Makers

Robert A. Weinman (designer) American, 1915 - 2003

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Inscription

across the field: HONOR TO SOCRATES / .PLATO. ARISTOTLE / .BURTON .LOCKE. / SCHOPEN HAUER. / NIETZSCHE .FREUD. / AND.ALL. .THOSE / .WHO. HAVE. / HELPED. MAN.TO / .UNDER STAND.HIS / .GREATEST. .ENIGMA / . . . HIMSELF . . .

Provenance

Gift 1964 of Clyde C. Trees through subscription to the Society of Medalists (Sixty-Ninth Issue) to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
The Society of Medalists