Honor to Socrates [obverse]
1964
Designer, American, 1915 - 2003

Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Clyde C. Trees through subscription to the Society of Medalists)
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Dimensions
overall: 6.35 × 6.35 cm (2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.3785.a
Associated Artworks

Light of Knowledge [reverse]
Robert A. Weinman
1964
Artwork history & notes
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
Inscriptions
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 . . .