The Maryland Medal: Cecil Calvert, 1605-1675, 2nd Baron of Baltimore 1632, 1st Lord Proprietary of Maryland and Avalon [obverse], 1644

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G13-A

Medium

silver

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 4.76 cm (1 7/8 in.)
gross weight: 25.01 gr (0.055 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1983.80.1.a

Artists / Makers

British 17th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: DMS-CAECILIVS-BARO-DE-BALTEMORE-ABSOLV-DMS-TERRAEMARIAE-ET-AVALONIAE-&C+

Provenance

Commissioned c. 1644 by the sitter, Cecil Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore [1605-1675]; by descent to his great-great-grandaughter, Caroline Calvert [c. 1745-1803, married 1763 to Sir Robert Eden]; by descent to her great-great-great-grandson, Sir John Benedict Eden, Lord Eden of Winton [b. 1925], 7th baronet of Maryland and 9th baronet of West Auckland, County Durham, England; (sale, Spink & Son USA, New York, 10-11 November 1983, 1st day, no. 240); purchased with donated funds by NGA.

Associated Names

Calvert, Caroline
Calvert, Cecil, 2nd Lord Baltimore
Eden, John Benedict, Lord Eden of Winton Sir
Spink & Son Ltd.

Exhibition History

1984: Loan to mark the celebration of the granting of the Maryland Charter, Hall of Records, Maryland State House, Annapolis, 1984.

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 657, repro.