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Marie-Alexandre-Lucien Coudray

Orpheus [obverse], c. 1893

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Medium

silver

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 6.84 cm (2 11/16 in.)
gross weight: 156.59 gr (0.345 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

Accession Number

1992.55.24.a

Artists / Makers

Marie-Alexandre-Lucien Coudray (medalist) French, 1864 - 1932

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Inscription

center right, L C in monogram: L COUDRAY

Provenance

Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1992 to NGA.

Associated Names

Baskin, Leonard
Baskin, Lisa

Bibliography

1979: Jones, Mark. The Art of the Medal. London, 1979: 130, repro.

1989: Kosinski, Dorothy. Orpheus in Nineteenth Century Symbolism. London and Ann Arbor, 1989: 87, repro.

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 674, repro.

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