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in center: COR COTRITV / ET HVMILIATVM DEVS NO DESPI. / CIES. / M.D.XLIII. / [leaf shape]

Provenance

Georges Gallet, Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 28 May 1924, no. 113). James Campion [d. 1937], London; (his sale, Glendining & Co., London, 30 November-3 December 1937, 2nd day, no. 385). J.W. Frederiks [1889-1962], The Hague;(sale, Sotheby's, London, 12 July 1993, no. 66); purchased by Stephen K. Scher and Janie Woo Scher;[1] gift 1993 to NGA.

[1] Provenance taken from curator's acquisition proposal.

Exhibition History
1994
The Currency of Fame: Portrait Medals of the Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; The Frick Collection, New York; National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1994-1995, not in cat.
Bibliography
2007
Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 710, repro.